back to the home page
Closet Christian
(words-Anthony McPhail/music-Ross Thomas, Anthony McPhail)
So you live your life like the world
and you think it’s all right.
But you and I
We know better than that.
You try to fit in the crowd
and you throw away your life
Cause you’re just too weak
to stand up for your self
Pre chorus:
Every day is the fourth of July
Ain’t that just the life
Everything will be all right
if you put your trust in the Lord.
Chorus:
May I suggest to you
to come outside, and join the rest of us
Throw away your ways that hold you down
Just feel the true love
Give away your life and give birth to a new
Just feel the true vibe
Break down the closet door and come outside
You arrogant closet Christian
Who’s Gonna Hold Your Soul?
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
Well you’re naked again
running around the pool
Had a little too much to drink
but hey, that’s just you
Smile at the face of angels
or is that demons in your life
You call him your savior
but how would he ever know
Chorus:
Who’s gonna hold your soul forever
Cause it seems you’re completely without a clue
Are you just gonna run forever
Or drop the switchblade
You rebel without a clue
Runnin all around in circles
Yeah you run through the mist of darkness that surrounds your ways
You’re gonna be drowned by this bottle in your life
Satan may not have your soul but neither does the one above
Slipping Away
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
Now my life begins to slip away
I feel my head crushing in
I feel the touch of darkness raging in
But behold, I see the light
Prechorus:
And now it seems to have a hold on me
And slowly I am lifted into His hands
Instead of roasting deep inside of hell
I’m lifted up to be to be with Him
Chorus:
Friend you may not know me
but try to understand
I’ve been set free
of all my sins
This is from a love you can get nowhere else
But from the Son
the Son of God
Why he died for me I don’t understand
But I didn’t deserve any of it
He just loves me
I guess that is that
But I am so unworthy
Interlude:
As you may have guessed
this is purely imagined
But will come true some day
I suggest that you
follow Christ Jesus
Or you may end up roasting in hell
4 More Days
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
4 more days
of this life
You wasted your life in wicked ways
but where will your next life be
Not too long
before you lose it all
Life as you know it is slipping
slipping all away
Pre-chorus:
(this is the yadi-yadi-yadi-ya part)
Chorus:
There isn’t much time left for you
But all you have to do is believe today
You spend your life in wicked ways
But give it to Him and it will be on the cross today
4 more breaths
that you’ll take
If you give it to Him it’ll be the best
the best breath you’ll take
Do you understand
what I’m sayin to you
Life as you know it is slipping
slipping all away
The Happy Song
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
All of us wanna live our lives lookin’ proudly to the sky
don’t wanna hang our heads cause we’re perfect in our own eyes
but the truth is we’re morons caught in a lie
we’re not at all perfect just losers in disguise
Chorus:
I think life would be easier if we all realized we’re losers
if we’d just realize we’re morons stuck in sin
I don’t mind being blunt with you hey I’m a loser too
but then again aren’t we all
All of us should know God didn’t make us perfect
but all of us wanna think we are
we’re all just morons caught in a lie
but despite all of that God still loves us all
Rooster Crows
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
When the world was formed
I took a bite of the forbidden fruit
so dumb and jaded
how could I have been good enough for you
Chorus:
When I’ve denied you three times before the rooster crows
I know I haven’t been what you want me to be
so cold and lonely is how I should feel
but open arms and a red carpet is what I receive
Here is my confession
I took when you had given it all
so dumb and jaded
how could I have been good enough for you
Up on calvary
I nailed those nails into your hands
so dumb and jaded
how could I have been good enough for you
Cast Away
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
Been here for too long to understand what’s goin’ on inside your head
I was such a lost cause and at the end of my rope
the scary things I see from the corner of my eye make me wonder how I ever
survived oh before
but through my prayer of redemption I cast away all my evil deeds
You feel you’re crushed from the inside but I know a love that’ll set you free
just pack up your past life and throw it out to sea
Chorus:
Cast away all these things and he will set you free
Cast away all these things that seem to torture you
Interlude:
Take away all these things you’re dying on the inside (2x’s)
Take away everything you’re dying on the inside
Captain of a Shipwreck (Anymore)
(words and music-Ross Thomas)
Captain of a shipwreck on a desert beach
life in Eden but it’s all forbidden trees
I’m standing in quicksand its pulling me down
my world is sinking into this hole in the ground
no matter how much I struggle or fight
the sky’s getting darker and I can’t see the light
Anymore
This quietness is giving me the creeps
its always getting colder in this void of living sleep
that I’m in
Chorus:
I used to have a light to help me find my way
a fire that carried me through every day
I’m always drowning in this sea
its pulling me down and I can’t see
Anymore
I’ve got to find my way back to the place I was before
but its pitch black here and I can’t seem to find the door
there was a guy I used to know, in my soul, way down deep
it’s hard to remember I can’t think too clearly
Anymore
I don’t really remember him I think he’s forgotten me.
He’s the only one I know who can pull me out of here
but it’s been so long I don’t know if he’d care
Anymore
Chorus:
Now the sky is falling and I fall to my knees and pray
God oh God if you’re still there I’m begging take me out of here
I need you to take me home and save me from this raging storm
I see the light and know I’m okay and all my night turns to day
I find now that the winds have changed
there’s a break in the clouds and I can see again
I Want to Show
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
Drunken child woke-up in a ditch tonight
Lost and lonely staring at the face of suicide
He wants to take you and carry you through this life
He wants to take you home take you home tonight
Pre-Chorus:
Your broken heart can become one again tonight
With a healing love that’ll carry you through this life
Take away your past life make it white as snow
All I want to do is show…
Beaten child strung-out in the woods tonight
Scared and sheltered think the highest mountain will get you away
He wants to take you and carry you through this life
He wants to take you home take you home tonight
Chorus:
I want to show you of a love that came and took sin all away
I want to tell you of a love that came and gave it all away
I want to give you the chance to give it all away tonight
I want to show you all you have to do is pray
Light Your Fire in Me Again
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
I wanna see your face tonight and let your fire light-up my life
Take away these chains that way down my life
I know you’ll accept as the sinner that I am
You’ll take away these chains and light my fire again
Chorus:
Light your fire in me oh in me again (4X’s)
Hooked on a Feeling
(words and music Anthony McPhail)
Chorus:
I’m hooked on a feeling everything is gonna be all right
I’m hooked on a feeling today’s gonna be better than the last
I’m hooked on a feeling I’m hooked on a feeling
I’m hooked on a feeling cause I’ve got God in my life
I see her comin’ down my street I see the ambition in her eye
I’ve seen that look before but I know just what to do this time
Sorry to disappoint you babe but you see I’m just not that way anymore
You see I’ve got a new life where God is #1
I saw him in the park today "hey man do you wanna get high"
I’ve heard these words before but I know just what to say this time
Sorry to disappoint you dude but you see I’m just not that way anymore
You see I’ve got a new life where God is #1
Song 151
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
Just woke up from being 13 years old
staring at the obstacles that have come my way
Watch my life flash before my eyes
and see the footprints that were left behind
I see two sets left in the sand
yours and mine
But when things were getting rough
there was only one left behind
Pre-chorus:
Then I ask you why’d you leave me when I was falling apart
Then you said "I never left your side I carried you through the night"
Chorus:
Then I knew it was you all along when I was falling apart
Oh it was you carrying me through when I could not make it on my own anymore
Woke up just the other day
I almost slipped as I stood on the of a cliff
The ice was thin, and began to crack
but you reached for me as I slipped away
I two sets of footprints in the snow
yours and mine
But now things were oh so rough
there was only one left behind
Woke up by a hill last night
I see the cross on your back
Blood poured all down your face
and out of your hands
Then I saw two sets of footprints in the sand
yours and mine
But as they approached the cross
there was only one left behind
Falling In Love w/ You
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
Oh the night seems so dark and lonely
But you seem to have walked into my life
Won’t you come and make everything all right
Cause I think that I am falling in love w/ you
Oh the world seems so cold and strange to me
But I think that I see your light
You have come oh to set me free
Yeah I think that I am falling in love w/ you
Chorus:
Yeah I think that I am falling in love w/ you
You’re my everything falling in love w/ you
I will be yours and you will be mine
Yeah I think that I am falling in love w/ you
Oh the world is falling down on me
I just need something in my life
Oh your blood is turned into grace all around me
Oh I think that I am falling in love w/ you
An Untitled Praise Song
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
When I fall to my knees I’m so in need of you
To fill me up but I know I’m so unworthy
My life was so lost but you gave your for me
To set me free even though I was your prodigal son
Chorus:
I just want to praise you Lord for all you’ve done for me
You’ve given me everything I could need
I just wanna give you my all cause you gave it all for me
I just praise you Lord
When desert was all I could see I asked for a drink from you
And you filled my cup now I thirst no more
My life was covered in a flood more than 40 days and nights
The dove flew away and I awoke somewhere over the rainbow
Radio Dr.
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
As I walk down Radio Drive with the pieces chipped
The picture won’t make sense I see the face of the left behind
Well my world has crashed me down and spun me all around
And I see your face beside mine and I say to you
Pre-Chorus:
What would you say what would you do
Can’t you find your spotlight
What would you say what would you do
I know what you need in your life
Chorus:
Leave your life oh Radio Dr. put him in your spotlight
step out of your fog of disarray he calls out your name
seek to find your life inside He’ll breathe in you new life
For The Lord above loves you more than anything
As I walk down radio dr. with the pieces chipped
Your picture won’t make sense can you taste the fruit on your lips
Well the world has crashed me down and spun me all around
I look at me and you won’t we open our eyes and see
Make Me Drunk
(words and music-Anthony McPhail)
Chorus:
Put me on my face oh Lord
Make me drunk with your spirit oh Lord
Fill me up like you have done over and over before
I just want to know your love
Well I’ve been sitting here for over two straight hours
Another broken relationship holds me down
I just stare on as my coffee grows could
I know I need you Lord to come and carry me home
Interlude:
Put me on my face (oho)
Fill me up Lord (yeah)
I just want to know your love
Make me drunk Lord (oho)
With your spirit (yeah)
I just want to know your love (show me your love)
OH OH MAKE ME DRUNK LORD FEEL ME UP LORD WITH YOUR SPIRIT OH MY GOD MY LORD
I just want to know your love
Staring Through The Overpass
(words-Anthony McPhail/music-Kyle Burnam)
Staring through the overpass all the long day
Trying to waste my time but time won’t waste away
Staring through the window between you and me
Time takes me by takes me away
Chorus:
Well I’m staring through the overpass all the long day
And I dream my dreams dream my life away
But won’t you take these dreams and mold me today
Forget my dreams just go on your way
Staring through the overpass all the long day
And I forget just why I’m dreaming life away
The wind blows all through my face
and it takes me by takes me away
Interlude:
Just take this dream away
Lord take this dream away
don’t want to live on my own
Just show me your way
Satan Is Not My Favorite Dude To Hang Out W/
(words-Ross Thomas/music-Anthony McPhail)
Hey satan your not my favorite Person to hang around
When you're there all you do is bring me down
(down down down down down down down)
I just want to be alone (BE ALONE!!!!)
Without you there (WITHOUT YOU THERE!!!!!)
Cause you're a psycho hoe's beast, so please get out of my hair
Well satan you like girls and guys the same
But you try to screw us all
WELL SATAN THAT'S JUST GAY!!!!!!!!!
Chorus
Well Satan you sneak around, you stab us in the back (HI-Yah!!!)
If you dont' think we're on to you
YOU MUST BE SMOKING CRACK!!!!!!!
Chorus
GAZOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Satan in this last verse we bid you farewell
So pack your bags and catch the next train
AND TAKE IT STRAIGHT BACK TO!!!!!!!...Hey satan...
If there are any questions, comments, ect. regarding our songs
contact us at grandcafe39@hotmail.com
All songs copyright-Grand Cafe 1999
