"All the way to grandma's house, I stayed on the narrow path but my brother wandered off, deep into the woods. Bitten twice by rattle snakes, tangled up in poison oak, he fell down and broke his legs, into a great ravine. When I arrived at grandma's house, she had made us tea and cake. She asked me where my brother was, and I said I don't know and ate.
When I get to Heaven, I'll be greeted warmly, surrounded by the angels as Jesus takes my hand. And I'll receive a mansion, on the river Jordan, and a crown of diamonds for a race well run. And I won't ever lock my doors, I will trust my neighbors, confident that they deserve to be there in Heaven, too."
2. Simple Economics
The volunteers were tired, heads were hanging low. The news had spoiled their appetite, for stuffing envelopes. Twelve points was an awful lot to be down in the polls, with only two weeks to go.
Shouldering the phone, loosening his tie. His running mate on pricks and pins, hovering beside. The candidate wrote furiously, as if to save his life, then hung up the phone and spoke with great conviction.
"When you're nothing but a boyfriend, dangling by a thread, keep in mind the bottom line, diamonds are a girls best friend".
Inches from the goal, one thing on his mind. To get behind her desk and make some big decisions. Power can be such a tease, you're always wanting more. It's good to know that just like sex, it can be paid for.
"When you're nothing but a boyfriend, dangling by a thread, keep in mind the bottom line, diamonds are a girls best friend".
3. To Protect The Family Name
Officer, please don’t haul me in. Though I’m drunk again, I can explain. I swear to you, for a week I have been completely dry, until tonight.
He’s been such a good example, everything he’s done for me. I couldn’t bear to let him down.
Monday night, brother sat me down, very graciously and explained, ‘If I’m going to help you, I must make it very clear, brother that I love you but certainly I hate your sin.'
So, you see, you can’t arrest me. I swore I’d be careful not to further shame the family name.”
4. A Mind Of Her Own
"Dear, unlock the door, you're acting like a child. When you said it yourself, we are at war. How dare you turn on me now, right when I need you most.
I wish I could have seen their faces when they heard the news. Now that's the sort of smack that leaves a bruise.
The victory is ours at last, I beat them at their own dirty game. They perverted the words of godly men, for their own selfish gain. I took their wrong and I took their lies, and I made them right, I made them right.
Oh, look who it is. It's my supportive wife and she thinks she's going to squeal. Hey where do you think you're going? Don't you walk away from me. You put down that telephone, you're not calling anyone. You put down that telephone, you're not calling anyone. You put down that telephone, you're not calling anyone, you're not calling anyone."
5. Never Leave A Job Half Done
"Blood stains on the carpet, blood stains on my hands. Drag her toward the kitchen, hide the evidence.
Oh, the toil a lie can bring, quitters never know. But lies can be the perfect things, if they never show.
The crisis posed a question, just beneath the skin. The virtue in my veins replied, 'Quitters never win'.
She almost ruined everything.
Oh, the toil a lie can bring, quitters never know. But lies can be the perfect things, if they never show."
6. Eye One The Finish Line
"Such an awful, tragic night, though I've only done what's right. But even with my conscience clear, I can't help this flood of tears.
I've got my eye on the finish line. I've got my eye on the finish line. I've got my eye on the finish line.
Though I'm striving for their good, I will be misunderstood. Even my own darling dear, misconstrued what was so clear.
Given the time I think she would have understood, that it was for the greater good. Soon I will meet her at our mansion in the sky, leaving this wicked world behind.
It's strange that it should end this way, but martyrs never have a say."
7. Bad Things To Such Good People
"My jail shoes on, the well kept cemetery lawn. Both of them weeping, their one good son now was gone. The irony to see my dad down on his knees, crying out to Jesus, 'But Lord, I've always done what's right.'
And all the while, the good Lord smiled, and looked the other way, and looked the other way.
When we were kids, I did my best to make them proud. It just wasn't in me, I could not fly straight to save my life.
And all the while, the good Lord smiled, and looked the other way, and looked the other way.
Their big success is now their biggest failure, their golden child has been dethroned, their reputation is now in ruins, their tower to Heaven has come tumbling down.
And all the while, the good Lord smiles, and looks the other way, and looks the other way."
8. Winners Never Quit
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If I were you, I'd give up. The path is too narrow, the way is too steep.
Save your applause for the end of the show. Save your applause for the end of the show. If I were you, I'd give up. The path is too narrow, the way is too steep.
Count it a blessing, that you're such a failure. Your second chance might never have come.