Songs from Paul Thorn's Mission Temple Fireworks Stand CD - 2004 |
Everybody Looks Good At The Starting Line When you're born it's a beautiful thing They put a pacifier in your mouth You crawl around naked On the kitchen floor And your mom and daddy feel so proud Everybody looks good At the starting line Get on your mark, get ready But you better keep this in mind You can hit the ground running Like you're shot from a gun But going the distance Is the hard part son Everybody looks good At the starting line You fall in love, you tie the knot You're on a permanent honeymoon But twenty years later When the thrill is gone Will she still be in love with you Everybody looks good At the starting line Get on your mark, get ready But you better keep this in mind You can hit the ground running Like you're shot from a gun But going the distance Is the hard part son Everybody looks good At the starting line Yeah, yeah, move out Life is a race we've all got to run So stand up and toe the line I wish that I could say It was all down hill But there are mountains We've got to climb Everybody looks good At the starting line Get on your mark, get ready But you better keep this in mind You can hit the ground running Like you're shot from a gun But going the distance Is the hard part son Everybody looks good At the starting line Everybody looks good At the starting line Get on your mark, get ready But you better keep this in mind You can hit the ground running Like you're shot from a gun But going the distance Is the hard part son Everybody looks good At the starting line Sing it one more time Everybody looks good At the starting line Looks good Looks good At the starting line Rise Up She's got a sink full of dishes And clothes on the line, aw yeah She's got a sweet little baby And a husband she can't find She gets a lot of free advice From her family and friends, oh yeah And it's getting to the point Where she's gotta' sink or swim So she tells herself to Rise up She's gonna' find something better Rise up She gonna' get herself together When life hits you like a truck You gotta' rise up, yeah hea She's got a dead end job But deep down she's got dreams, Oh yeah So she's having a yard sale And pawning her wedding ring She's got a new attitude Cause she's sick and tired Of crying all night, oh yeah Come hell or high water She's gonna' start a brand new life Sit back and watch that girl Rise up She's gonna' find something better Rise up She gonna' get herself together When life hits you like a truck You gotta' rise up Whoo hoo rise up She's gonna' find something better Rise up She gonna' get herself together When life hits you like a truck You gotta' rise up Rise up She's gonna' find something better Rise up She gonna' get herself together When life hits you like a truck You gotta' rise up Yeah, whoa you gotta' rise up Downtown Babylon Down at the Baptist Sunday school board I work stacking bibles From seven to four I guess the will of God Has got to be obeyed But I know I wouldn't do it If I didn't get paid, amen I left the girl of my dreams Four-hundred miles away With just a Polaroid picture And a tear on her face Mama gave me a card For my telephone line Those five-hundred minutes Won't cost me a dime I'm in downtown Babylon A long, long way from home I thought it was the promised land But something's wrong Here in Downtown Babylon Standing on the corner it's easy to see Forbidden fruit is on every tree Oh you can get an apple From a snake on a limb He's just looking for a sucker He can take in Here in downtown Babylon A long, long way from home I thought it was the promised land But something's wrong Here in downtown Babylon, Babylon Well I wonder now if I was born to run I'm starting to feel like the prodigal son I don't know why back home They all envy me Cause I'm living in the belly of the beast Here in Downtown Babylon A long, long way from home I thought it was the promised land But something's wrong Here in Downtown Babylon Babylon Downtown Babylon Mission Temple Fireworks Stand I saw a black man with a bible And a sparkler in his hand He was holding a tent revival And running a fireworks stand He said the end of the world is coming So you better get on your knees Today bottle rockets two for one But salvation's free He said I quit my job at a big church Where the milk and money flowed To sell cherry bombs for Jesus In a tent beside the road I ain't in it for the money Most cars pass on by But I pay the rent on New Year's And the Fourth of July Here at the Holy Ghost Big Bang Theory Pentecostal Fire and brimstone Mission Temple fireworks stand He said fireworks are dangerous They can blow up in your face So you better read the instructions Light the fuse and get away These things are made in China So it's easy to see How a man who worships Buddha Ain't got no guarantee This is the: Holy Ghost Big Bang Theory Pentecostal Fire and brimstone Mission Temple fireworks stand He said everything I'm selling Is all going up in smoke This world is like an atom bomb It's ready to explode When the trumpet sounds And the lord comes back I promise you one thing I'll be a human bottle rocket And I'll go out with a bang I'll leave this: Holy Ghost Big Bang Theory Pentecostal Fire and brimstone Mission Temple fireworks stand Yeah I'll leave this: Holy Ghost Big Bang Theory Pentecostal Fire and brimstone Mission Temple fireworks stand Yeah I'll leave this: Holy Ghost Big Bang Theory Pentecostal Fire and brimstone Mission Temple fireworks stand Things Left Undone When your life is over You're reaching the end And the river of Jordan Is around the bend Will you be counting All the trophies you've won Or will you look back on The things left undone? When a stranger came knocking Did you let him in? Was there food on your table For a down and out friend? Did you hide in the shadows? Did you walk in the sun? Or do you regret The things left undone? Somebody you cared for Broke your heart You let foolish pride, oh lord Keep you apart Why didn't you learn how To forgive someone? So many years passed With things left undone When a stranger came knocking Did you let him in? Was there food on your table For a down and out friend? Did you hide in the shadows? Did you walk in the sun? Or do you regret The things left undone? Do you regret The things left undone? There's Something Out There A scared little girl Starts crying in the night Her daddy runs in and Turns on the light She points out the window Where she saw a ghost It's a good thing he's there Holding her close There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. You don't see what I see. A little bitty town In a big old world Is the end of the line For most young girls But eighteen years Was all she could stand She said, "I'm going searching For the promised land" There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. You don't see what I see. There's a gray-haired lady In the old folks home Her children don't visit And her husband's gone She sits in a lonely room Alone all day Just waiting on Jesus to take her away There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. Oh there's something out there. You don't see what I see. There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. There's something out there. Oh there's something out there. You don't see what I see. Even Heroes Die Midnight at Graceland in '72 Shooting TVs with groupies In the Jungle Room A little fame and fortune Was all he had left He had become a parody Of himself They dug his grave by the kitchen door Millions of blue-haired ladies Took the guided tour His Chinese fan club Came over on a boat Took pictures at his birthplace In Tupelo Some disappear They drop out of sight Some stay too long And get crucified Whoa this world ain't no place to be When you're larger than life Even heroes die Over on the poor side of Birmingham He was preaching on the corner But nobody gave a damn Except a couple hookers And a homeless man A dozen losers Were his best friends At the church across the street They were raising hell They said if he is a man of God Why do his old clothes smell? They ran him out of town For disturbing the peace He died on a shelter cot In his sleep Some disappear They drop out of sight Some stay too long And get crucified Whoa this world ain't no place to be When you're larger than life Whoa, even heroes die Whoa, even heroes die Ain't Livin In Sin No More There's Christmas lights in the backyard On the 23rd day of June There's a big cake on a washtub With a plastic bride and groom All the neighbors and their relatives Brought their own folding chairs Her mama thanked the good lord above For answering her prayers They ain't living in sin no more Well they hired a part-time preacher Who fixes lawnmowers on the side The boom-box played "Endless Love" And Alabama's "Feels So Right" She said, "I do" And he did too She threw a bouquet in the air They drove away in a black Firebird With Minute Rice in their hair They ain't living in sin no more Ain't living in sin no more Since they took those wedding vows Who are the neighbors Gonna' talk about now? Ain't living in sin no more, halleluiah They came home after the honeymoon And nothing had really changed Except for a legal document And her different last name The Church of God preacher Came over, he said, "We've all been praying you, And now that you're living right We want ya'll to come back To Sunday school" They ain't living in sin no more Ain't living in sin no more Since they took those wedding vows Who are the neighbors Gonna' talk about now? Ain't living in sin no more, halleluiah Yeah, it's easy to find a lover But it's hard to find a friend So they decided to test the waters Before they jumped in Ain't living in sin no more Ain't living in sin no more Since they took those wedding vows Who are the neighbors Gonna' talk about now? Ain't living in sin no more Thank you Jesus Ain't living in sin no more Ain't living in sin no more Ain't living in sin no more Ain't living in sin no more Sister Ruby's House Of Prayer Out on highway 45 A big white sign hangs in her drive Visa, cash or Mastercard Come see the psychic to the stars Mother Mary's in the yard Greeting friends and parking cars You can wait your turn in line As they go in one at a time Everyone needs someone To tell them it's alright Tell me sister Ruby Can I see you tonight? I didn't know What the future would hold I didn't have a clue Till I found her there At sister Ruby's house of Prayer When the porch light flickers on Then you know your time has come A Ju Ju Queen with silver hair Is waiting in her rocking chair As you lay your money down There you stand on holy ground Will you be blessed? Will you be cursed? The mysteries of the universe Everyone needs someone To tell them it's alright Tell me sister Ruby Can I see you tonight? I didn't know What the future would hold I didn't have a clue Till I found her there At sister Ruby's house of Prayer When you leave she'll tell you this For money, love, and happiness Get my easy ten-step plan Call 1-900-RUBY-ANN Everyone needs someone To tell them it's alright Tell me sister Ruby Can I see you tonight? I didn't know What the future would hold I didn't have a clue Till I found her there At sister Ruby's house of Prayer Angel Too Soon In a little white house On a blacktop road In her sleep is where she died She walked through a tunnel With a light at the end And swam across the river of life God gave her a mansion On a hill in heaven And her wings that afternoon The preacher said She's in a better place But if you want to know the truth She's an angel too soon A pretty flower that never bloomed Somewhere on the other side Of the moon She's an angel too soon Around the house there's an emptiness But her room still looks the same There's heart-throb posters on the wall And a Barbie makeup case Today would have been her birthday So her mama made her favorite cake She wasn't there to blow out the candles But daddy lit 'em anyway She's an angel too soon A pretty flower that never bloomed Somewhere on the other side Of the moon She's an angel too soon It's so hard for us to understand Why she was taken away But if we could see her spread her wings Maybe then we wouldn't say She's an angel too soon A pretty flower that never bloomed Somewhere on the other side Of the moon She's an angel too soon She's an angel too soon Nothin' But The Devil There's a little square box In my living room Full of soap operas, talk shows And funny cartoons I sit there on my couch And I watch it all day I keep potato chips on my TV tray That ain't nothing That ain't nothing But the devil There's a pretty girl at the office With a ladder to climb She winks at her boss Every time he walks by She broke his concentration She broke up his home She took him to the cleaners And now she's gone That ain't nothing That ain't nothing But the devil One, two three He's after you and me Four, five, six He's always throwing bricks A preacher drove his Lincoln To a crystal cathedral He talked about the lord In front of 6,000 people He pounded on the pulpit With tears in his eyes He said you're all going to hell If you don't pay your tithes That ain't nothing That ain't nothing But the devil If you get injured At home or at work Call 1-900-I'VE BEEN HURT We'll sue your ex-girlfriend Your mom and your dad We'll sue your dog For chasing your cat That ain't nothing That ain't nothing But the devil That ain't nothing That ain't nothing But the devil That ain't nothing That ain't nothing But the devil I'm A Lucky Man In a dirty hotel room Somewhere in rainy California Channel surfing through the night And there ain't nothing on I went down to an empty bar And I started talking to a stranger He said, "I come here every night So I won't have to be alone" I guess that I'm a lucky man I guess that everything ain't all that bad There's always somebody with less I realize that I am blessed Now I understand I'm a lucky man Somewhere out there in the night There must be a million people They're just trying to survive Barely holding on I can't feel sorry for myself When everything ain't going my way Cause I've got dreams And something else I've got a reason to go on I guess that I'm a lucky man I guess that everything ain't all that bad There's always somebody with less I realize that I am blessed Now I understand I'm a lucky man I guess that I'm a lucky man I guess that everything ain't all that bad There's always somebody with less I realize that I am blessed Now I understand I'm a lucky man I realize that I am blessed Now I understand I'm a lucky man |
Everybody Looks Good Rise Up Downtown Babylon Mission Temple Fireworks Stand Things Left Undone There's Something Out There Even Heroes Die Ain't Livin' In Sin No More Sister Ruby's House Of Prayer Angel Too Soon Nothin' But The Devil I'm A Lucky Man |
