Lost and Found

One of my favorite bands is a christian band by the name of Lost and Found. It consist of two people. Michael who is the lead vocals and plays acoustic guitar and George doing vocals, piano, and drums. Michael is a crazy looking guy with fuzzy long hair that he claims he never brushes. He's the one who does all the talking at the concerts pretty much. George AKA Baum is a totally shiney bald headed guy. He is really awesome at playing the piano. Okay so George and Michaels music is hard to explain. Its like nothing you've ever heard before. They write about 95% of their own songs and they're songs are always awesome, meaningful and thought provoking. They've been a band since 1986. In 1986 they travelled around on their bikes and stayed at homes of people who attended their concerts. Now they have upgraded to a van. They are under a their own record company called Limb which is a line from an unrecorded song called "Reach," which said, "if anybody ever went out on a limb, it was Jesus; take a look into him." Yupyup! so the type of music they sing is..ummmm well its Lost and Found. Their voices aren't the most beautiful most of the time but its definately unique. Their type of music is their own made up "speedwood"... Speedwood means: a fast-paced style of acoustic thrash music characterized by furious striking of the appendages upon musical instruments, accompanied by a serverely demaging vocal style, and performed quite swiftly, often followed by an occasional slow song

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One of their many great cd's! One of my favorite songs on this cd is a song by the name of Used to Be...it wasn' t wrote by Lost and Found but its still a great song!!! i won't write the lyrics on my website though because the song has been taken off all of their cd's because it has a few cuss words in it. so instead of i'll write the lyrics of my favoritest lost and found song, Baby
BABY

HER SHAVED HEAD AND HER PIERCED NOSE, HER BIG
ROTWEILLERS AND HER TIE-DYED CLOTHES. HER DR.
MAARTENS WITH HER BIKER TIGHTS, HER LONG
BLACK LEGGINGS ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT.

AND NOBODY CALLS HER BABY, NOBODY SAYS, "I
LOVE YOU SO." NOBODY CALLS HER BABY I GUESS
SHE'LL NEVER KNOW.

HIS WORKING BOOTS AND FLANNEL SHIRTS, HIS
SYMPATHIES BURIED AS DEEP AS HIS HURTS, LONG
LONELY WALKS WITH NOWHERE TO GO AND HIS
ONLY APPOINTMENT IS WITH A TV SHOW.

EIGHTY POUNDS SHE'S HARDLY WHOLE, LOSING HER
BODY TO GAIN SOME CONTROL. HOURS ALONE IN
SOME TANNING SALON, TRYING A SMALLER AND
SMALLER SIZE ON.

HIS PIN-STRIPED SUITS AND HIS WING-TIPPED SHOES,
HIS LAP-TOP COMPUTER AND HIS WALL STREET
NEWS, HE MAKES HIS PLANE AND KEEPS HIS PACE. HE
HIDES HIS PAIN BEHIND A POKER FACE.

BUT SOMEBODY LOVES THOSE BABIES. SOMEBODY
LOVES WHAT WE CAN'T SEE. AND IF SOMEBODY TOLD
THEM MAYBE THOSE BABIES WOULD BE FREE

Speedwood, speedwood II, and speedwood III

There are 3 speedwood cd's...Speedwood was the first lost and found cd i owned... my favorite song on it is Alexander
ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE
LANE, NEVER HAD A PENNY TO HIS NAME. BUT
ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE
LANE REALLY KNEW HOW TO PLAY A POOR-MANS
GAME. HE DEPENDED ON HIS FRIENDS AND HIS
FRIENDS DEPENDED ON HIM. AND EVERYONE HAD A
LITTLE BIT, 'CAUSE EVERYONE PITCHED IN. TOGETHER
THEY WERE POOR AND TOGETHER THEY'D COMPLAIN
WITH ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT
MARMALADE LANE.

ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE
LANE WORE A CROOKED HAT A WORN OUT PAIR OF
SHOES. AND EVERY TIME THAT'S YOU'D SEE HIM, HE'D
BE SINGING BLUES. UNTIL ONE DAY, ALEXANDER
WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE LANE WOKE TO
FIND THAT A FORTUNE HAD BEEN LEFT TO HIS NAME.
NOW HE WAS A KING. NOW HE HAD EVERYTHING.
OLD ALEXANDER WAS A KING.

ONE DAY HIS FRIENDS CAME TO CALL. THEY SAID,
"ALEXANDER DON'T LET US FALL. CAN YOU SPARE A
DIME TO HELP US IN OUR TROUBLED TIME?" AND
ALEXANDER SAID, "DON'T BOTHER ME YOU'RE NOT
CLEAN. DON'T BOTHER ME YOU'RE NOT CLEAN AND
DON'T YOU EVER COME AROUND MY HOUSE IN YOUR
BLUE JEANS." ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT
MARMALADE LANE REALLY CHANGED HIS TUNE, HE
REALLY CHANGED HIS TUNE. OH, HOW COULD HE
HAVE FORGOTTEN SO SOON?

ONE DAY THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. A
LOUDER KNOCK THAN EVER BEFORE. THERE WAS A
DRAGON STANDING THERE. HE SAID, "ALEXANDER
YOU'VE GOT MONEY TO SPARE. SO WHY'D YOU LET
YOUR FRIENDS FALL?" ALEXANDER JUST LAUGHED
AND THE DRAGON JUST SAID, "AHHHH."

NOW ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT
MARMALADE LANE HAS A FORTUNE MADE OF ASH,
RIGHT BEFORE HIS EYES HE SAW IT CRASH. HE WENT
BACK TO HIS FRIENDS. HE SAID, "HELP ME MEET MY
ENDS." HE SAID, "I NEED YOUR HELP TO LIVE." BUT
POOR ALEXANDER'S FRIENDS HAD NOTHING TO GIVE.
ALEXANDER WESLEYFOLK OF EIGHT MARMALADE
LANE NEVER HAD ANOTHER PENNY TO HIS NAME.

NOW MAYBE YOU KNOW ALEX. AND MAYBE YOU
KNOW HIS FRIENDS. AND MAYBE WE KNOW THEM
BETTER THAN WE THINK.
and my favorite song off Speedwood II is a song called Ground:
EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME HOW TIME IS
PASSED YOU KNOW THAT SOME DAYS GO SLOWLY
AND SOME GO SO FAST. IT'S ALL A JOURNEY FROM
LOST TO FOUND AND I SAY, "DON'T LOSE YOUR
GROUND."

EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME HOW TO
WALK IT RIGHT YOU KNOW THAT SOME DAYS LIKE
DARKNESS, SOME DAYS LIKE LIGHT....
EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMEHOW WHAT'S
REALLY REAL YOU KNOW THAT SOME THINGS YOU
KNOW AND SOME YOU JUST FEEL....
SOMEONE TOLD ME JUST THE OTHER DAY THERE ARE
SOME THINGS THAT LAST AND SOME FADE AWAY....
EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME TO DEAL
WITH PAIN, SOME DAYS LIKE SUNSHINE AND SOME
DAYS LIKE RAIN....
EVERYBODY'S GOT TO FIND OUT HOW LIFE IS FOUND,
SOME RUN STRAIGHT TO IT, SOME RUN AROUND....

my favorite song off Speedwood III is Weight of the World:
MAYBE YOUR FATHER DIDN'T LOVE YOU LIKE HE SHOULD AND MAYBE
YOUR MOTHER JUST GOT BY THE BEST SHE COULD
HEY EVERYONES GOT A SECERT YOU CAN THROW IT AWAY OR KEEP IT

CHORUS:
MAYBE YOUR FATHER DIDN'T LOVE YOU LIKE HE SHOULD AND MAYBE
YOUR MOTHER JUST GOT BY THE BEST SHE COULD
HEY EVERYONES GOT A SECERT YOU CAN THROW IT AWAY OR KEEP IT

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHO YOU CRUCIFY
YOU CAN EITHER WAVE TO YOUR FUTURE OR YOUR PAST GOODBYE
GOD CAN HELP YOU TRY AND GIVE YOU THE WINGS TO FLY

MAYBE YOUR FATHER DIDN'T LOVE YOU LIKE HE SHOULD AND MAYBE
YOUR MOTHER JUST GOT BY THE BEST SHE COULD
HEY EVERYONES GOT A SECERT YOU CAN THROW IT AWAY OR KEEP IT

This

this is their second to last newest cd...its one of my favorites....though i love them all! one of my favorite songs on this is He's a friend
DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO LOVES YOU EVEN IN
YOUR DARKEST DAY DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO
LOVES YOU EVEN WHEN YOUR OWN LOVE'S GONE
AWAY DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO'LL WAIT FOR
YOU ANY TIME FO THE DAY OR NIGHT WELL I'VE GOT
THIS FRIEND NAMED JESUS AND HE WANTS TO GET
INTO YOUR LIFE

WHEN YOU THINK OF WHO YOUR BEST FRIEND IS IT'S
SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST WELL JESUS IS THE KIND
OF FRIEND WITH THE KIND OF LOVE THAT WON'T
RUST DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO LOVES YOU EVEN
IF YOU'RE NOT RIGHT WELL I'VE GOT THIS FRIEND
NAMED JESUS AND HE WANTS TO GET INTO YOUR
LIFE

DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S FELT EVERY WOE
THAT YOU CAN FEEL AND THERE WILL NEVER BE A
SICKNESS THAT THIS FRIEND'S LOVE COULDN'T HEAL
DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO LOVES YOU EVEN WHEN
YOU'RE NOT SURE AND THERE'S NOTHING IN ALL
CREATION THIS FRIEND'S LOVE CANNOT ENDURE IT'S
A LOVE THAT KNOWS NO LIMIT AND EACH DAY IT
SEEMS LIKE MORE I'VE GOT THIS FRIEND NAMED
JESUS AND HE'S POUNDING ON YOUR DOOR.

DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO KNOWS YOUR EVERY
NEED DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHOSE LOVE HAS
ALREADY BEEN GUARANTEED DO YOU HAVE A
FRIEND TO WHOM YOUR DEEPEST SECRETS YOU CAN
TELL DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO LOVES YOU
ENOUGH TO TAKE YOUR PLACE IN HELL WHEN THE
WORLD COMES CRASHING DOWN ON YOU AND THE
STRUGGLE IS TOO MUCH DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND
WHO'LL GET UNDER YOU AND HOLD YOU LIKE A
CRUTCH WHEN THE DOUBTS THAT CAN DEFEAT YOU
CUT YOUR SOUL LIKE THE SHARPEST KNIFE DO YOU
HAVE A FRIEND WHO'LL FEED YOU NOT WITH PLAIN
FOOD BUT WITH LIFE AND WHEN BEING ALIVE ITSELF
IS TOO MUCH OF A CHORE YOU'VE GOT THIS FRIEND
NAMED JESUS NOW AND EVERMORE

if you want to learn more about Lost and Found or hear some of their music go to www.speedwood.com