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I'm A Pop Star
03:34
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I drive a nice car, ya, all around the town
I’m always checkin’ out all the very latest sounds
My lyrics are fluff. My music is fluff
But they have allowed me to buy a lot of stuff
I have a big place, though I’m never in town
Haven’t heard from my family, or was that the other way around
Gottalotta people they are all my best friends
Always hanging around when there is money to spend
Look at me,
I’m a pop star
I’m a radio star
And I’m so pop-u-lar
Cuz I’m a pop star!
(my mother mother mother mother mother mother mother mother)
Mother used to tell me about this God of hers
Don’t want no part of Him until I’m riding in a hearse
She said I seem unhappy, that I never ever smile
But I’ve gotta enough money to last me for a while
I went out to buy some happiness one day
So I bought up everything that money could pay
I told all my friends that my cash is all gone
They all disappeared; Guess I better write a new song
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Changed
04:16
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The life I lived before you is gone
The things I did before you are done
And I have changed
I changed the way I think
No longer consumed by desires I once had
And it is all different now
I think it is better now
And I know that I don’t want to go back
‘Cause things are different now
(I) thought I had it all together
I thought that all the pieces fit
I thought I knew how to be satisfied
But now I see what I had was not it
If I hadn’t found you, where would I be today?
Would I find myself here, and lost along the way?
If I didn’t know you, had never known you at all
Would I have been inspired to look beyond me
But all is different now
I see it is better now
And I know that I don’t need to go back
‘Cause things are different now
Transformed and redirected
My thoughts are moving beyond the here and now
And though I still want to be satisfied
It is now I see that what I have is the only way to it
The life I lived before you is gone
(But it is different now)
The things I did before you are done
(But it is different now)
And I have changed
(And things are different now)
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3. |
Who Guides Me
06:34
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What do you stand for?
What makes you who you are?
What is that guides you?
What is it you want me to see?
I am the same whether working at my desk or driving in my car
The reason I live is the same
The reason I sing is the same
I experienced a long time ago a need to serve my Lord with my life
My Lord is not my job or the music I make
My Lord is He who died on the cross and
And He is the one behind what I do
I don’t tell you these things
To push anything over on you
Just wanted you to know Who guides me
Hoping you will understand and may come to realize it too
This is the life of mine that I want you to see
I want you to see Who it is guiding me
I want you to know where I stand
The reason I live is the same
I am the same. I am the same. I am the same.
I want you to see that I don’t take my faith lightly
And though I may slip and slide at times it is my faith that guides me
My music is an expression of my desire to share with everyone
What God has been doing in my life
Behind the fun songs and the love songs
Is the same One that drives me to praise
To worship and live. To worship and live.
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What If?
06:06
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What if there were no televisions
What if there were no cars
How would we be entertained,
Would we get very far?
What if there were no airplanes
What if there were no telephones
How would we go on vacation
On holidays would we feel alone?
What if there were no VCRs
What if there were no DVDs
How could we survive this life
Could we live without our movies?
What if there were no cameras
What if there were no libraries
Would we really have to rely
On our God-given memories?
Man made inventions to ease our lives
Did people really live with out these things?
Would it be possible today to survive
Without the ease modern inventions bring?
What if there were no mountains
What if there was no sea?
All designed by a Creator
On a beautiful tapestry
What if there were no fish
What if there were no birds
Nothing in the ocean
Nothing in the sky
What if there were no animals
What if there were no plants
Nothing to eat, nothing to drink
Nothing to keep us alive
What if there was no light
What if there was no night
No moon, no stars, no planets, no sun
Nothing that was mentioned in Genesis One
God made things to sustain our lives
Things we could not live without
Things created for us to thrive
Yet some of us still choose to doubt
What if there was no God?
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Paid Advertisement
06:06
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Hey look at me
I’ve got something you need
It’s something brand new
Why don’t you get two?
If you want to succeed
You need to be like me
And use this every day
I’ll even help you pay
I’ve got something you want
I’ve got something you need
If in this life you’re gonna succeed
I’ve got something for you
And all you gotta do
Is listen to what I tell you
12 months no payments
A lifetime to pay
What are you waiting for?
Just fill out this form
You know you really need it
You cannot live without it
You will wonder how you got along
Would I really steer you wrong?
I’ve got something you want
I’ve got something you need
If you just take the time to listen to me
I’ve got an apple for you
Come and take a bite or two
A new world will be open to you
-We now join our regularly scheduled program, “The Fall Of Man” already in progress –
Whispers during 1st instrumental
Don’t you worry about what one person will think about you. In fact, if you don’t give in to your desires, most people will think less of you because you don’t have what it takes to be accepted.
You know you just cannot live without it. You know that you need it. You know all your friends have it. You can’t let them go on without you. What are you waiting for?
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6. |
Can You?
04:05
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Can you see deep into my soul?
Can you see inside the hole?
Can you feel the ache in my soul?
Can you see me as if I’m whole?
Can you look beyond my pride?
Can you look deeper inside?
Can you feel the wounded pride?
Can you find me where I hide?
Can you know the depths of my pain?
Can you see beyond my chain?
Can you take from me the pain?
Can you see what I can’t explain?
Can you accept me for who I am?
Can you accept me for who I am?
Can you accept me for who I am?
Can you accept me for who I am?
You accept me for who I am.
You accept me for who I am, Lord.
You accept me for who I am.
You accept me for who I am.
You accept me for who I am.
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7. |
Who Will
04:25
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Billy's on the street, he's got nothing to eat, no one to work for.
The economy was down in his small little town, the boss shut the door
He’s not to blame
Can anybody feel his shame?
Mary's all alone since her husband left her home with the children
Well how could she compete with that pretty young thing that he works with?
She’s not to blame
Can anybody feel her pain?
(as she’s crying)
“Who will be my friend?
Who will be my friend?
Who will be my friend?
Be my friend?”
Johnny's not the same as the other boys and girls he goes to school with
His face is deformed and his family's rather poor, kids call him stupid.
He’s not to blame
Can anybody feel his pain?
(as he’s crying)
Jesus can heal their hearts torn all apart.
He can put ‘em together again.
Together again.
Once again.
Together again.
“Will you be my friend?
Will you be my friend, Oh Jesus?
Will you be my friend?
Be my friend?”
I know You know what it’s like to have nothing.
You know what it’s like to be hated.
You know what it’s like to be laughed at.
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8. |
Take It Back
04:47
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I know that there has to be more to living than some silly paycheck
Oh how long can you put in time that you will never get back?
While the kids are growing and the babies are speaking the demands at work keep me away
And they keep me from seeing how important today is and how I should be living in the here and now
The daily grind has worn me down like the salty sand on that little green glass
The important things are losing their shine. The boss has me and nothing is mine
(But) I must take it back. I must take it back from them. I must take it back
This life of mine will be mine again. (Repeat)
Wow there was a time when people fought for thirty. Now the job is demanding fifty
Oh Oh. There are no more hours in the day to oblige
The hours are getter longer and a day hasn’t changed. I could keep working for retirement
But what will I gain if all I ever loved is gone, and all of that time will do me no darn good
The daily grind has worn me down like the salty sand on that little green glass.
The important things are losing their shine. The boss has me and nothing is mine
(But) I must take it back. I must take it back from them. I must take it back
This life of mine will be mine again.
I will take it back. Yeah, I will take it back again. I will take it back.
This life of mine will be mine again.
How great it would be to keep my life and let the job take second place.
Oh to make it through to a ripe old age, never having known what to retire meant
Making the most of the here and now, building up the ties that loosen the binds
(Take it back. Take it back. Take it back. Take it back.)
And I have taken it back. I have taken it back from them. I have taken it back
This life of mine is now mine again.
I have taken it back. Yeah, I have taken it back from them. I have taken it back.
This life of mine is now mine again.
End of story.
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9. |
My Life
03:33
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Everyday as I a-wake, and You give the sun its shine.
My mind is reminded of my fate, if You hadn't cared to take the time.
To craft a plan to save the world
to love enough, You came to die
to die for me so I would have
My life...
(2nd and 3rd time only)
was given to me
Without You I wouldn't be
My life was given to me
Without Love it wouldn't be
My life was given to me
Without You I wouldn't be
My life was given to me
Without Love it wouldn't be
In my mind I do believe, in my heart I have received.
And in my life you know what is best. I must learn to trust You with the rest.
Some choose life...Some take life...Some ignore life,
But there is only One Who can give life! (Who can give life)
My life is worth so much more, knowing I am part of Your plan
Christ's blood covers my sin through the core; a final masterpiece from His hand.
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10. |
On Cloud Nine
05:43
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There I was alone and walking on the sidewalk on that breezy hazy Saturday
I had no plans – I had no place that I needed to be (I had nowhere to go)
So there I was just watching all the people go by when you bumped right into me
Quite literally! I was caught by surprise but the words I couldn’t find, no.
As you blushed in apologetic form (apologetic form)
An epiphany of serendipitous happenstance
Is how I describe us meeting
Brought by heaven-led circumstance
The feeling was not fleeting.
No. No.
They were not fleeting (no)
There we were just two strangers on this street on that day not unlike any other day
I had not planned to meet a friend
I had not planned to meet a friend and talk without end
(talked and we talked and we talked etc…)
But there we were and captivated by each glance and word we said
Where this would go was no surprise
Where this would go was no surprise and the world fell far away
As we shared a part of each other’s world (each other’s world)
Ahhhhhhh Ahhhhhhh ya
On Cloud Nine
On Cloud Nine
An epiphany of serendipitous happenstance
Is how I describe us meeting
Brought by heaven-led circumstance
The feeling was not fleeting.
No. No. It was not fleeting, no, no.
Oh no! I’m on cloud nine!
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Jimmy was a drummer man
In a rock and rollin’ band
One night Jimmy went to bed
Nasty dreams they filled his head
Seems his job had been replaced
Drum machines take little space
One less person to be paid
Perfect rhythm always played
He’s going through a
Midi-Life Crisis
He’s been put into
A stasis
Dennis was a guitar man
In a hard, hard rockin’ band
One night Denny went to a gig
Was replaced by a keyboard rig
Seems that people would rather dance
To hip-hop music and techno trance
Programmed by computer geeks
Performed by purple, spiked-hair freaks
Gregg he is a keyboard man
Programs music that is canned
People dance and people sing
They really dig this techno thing
Computer virus ate his song
How could this have gone so wrong?
Now he can not play tonight
Because his computer took a BYTE!
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Seeing the panic in your eyes
Feeling the fear in you rise
You never had to face anything like this
In the path of a freight train
Hoping it would miss
(Chorus)
I found a way to comfort you
I know how to help you now
God will hear my prayers
His hand will bring it ‘round
Just try to hold on to faith
God is still there for you
And so am I if you need me
Cuz I’ve been there too
Cuz You know you can count on me
To be there to hold
To be there to listen
To be there to care
Until the fire passes
Until the fire passes (passes)
I may not know all the words to say
I can only think to pray
Because I don’t have the answers
I cannot stop the hurt
I can only dry the tears
(Chorus 1x)
I’ll be there (8x)
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Mommy says she don't love daddy anymore
Daddy says mommy walking out the door
Sister says she's getting married to escape
Brother says enlisting sounds just great
Me, I don't know who to believe
Me, I don't know how to maintain the world that used to be
'Cause everyone is leaving me
Everyone is leaving me
Everyone is leaving me
Everyone
When you're eight and your family's dying
When you're hurt, but too scared to cry
What on earth can you do to find release?
God, what is...what is happening to me?
'Cause, me, I don't know...I don't know who to believe
Me, I don't know how to maintain the world that used to be
'Cause everyone is leaving me
Everyone is leaving me
Everyone is leaving me
Everyone, everyone
Daddy shrugs and slowly turns away
Mommy says, "God, why did it end this way?"
Can our family really die so fast?
Is love a thing...a thing that just won't last?
Me, I don't know who to believe
Me, I don't know how to receive the love that used to be
'Cause everyone is leaving me
Everyone is leaving me
Everyone is leaving me
Everyone
God, please don't leave me
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I am not in the mood for philosophical discussion
I have beaten myself and mind to the point of concussion
And where has it gotten me? Am I free from repercussion?
Just wasting time sitting here being needled like a pin cushion
(Chorus)
Tragic has become my state of being
Hemorrhagic heart and mind I am seeing
A tragedy of the needy kind
It is the tragedy of a bleeding mind
I cannot take any more empty idealization
Do I need to surrender myself and mind to the realization
I may never have the taste of knowing apart from salivation
Can I ever grasp the things that can become my salvation?
(Chorus 2x)
Interlude
(Chorus 1x)
A tragedy of the needy kind
It is the tragedy of a bleeding mind
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16. |
I'm A Popstar (RE:do)
03:34
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On Cloud Nine (Epiphany)
05:06
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Midiboy Walbridge, Ohio
Midiboy started in 1998 with the intention of being a synthpop project. His first project was called "Midi-Life Crisis" and was released exclusively on MP3.com and is no longer available in it's original form. Since then, his style has morphed into a hybrid rock / electronica genre with lyrics that reflect his faith in Jesus. ... more
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