Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Saturday Night s Alright Elton John in spiritual warfare on Saturday Night 1997 by David J.

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1 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Saturday Night s Alright Elton John in spiritual warfare on Saturday Night The hour is late and it s full of hate Oh, Satan fills the world with fear The media mocks, they just wanna shock Wanna wreck whatever we hold dear The whole crowd s drunker Than a barrel full of monkeys And the cat-nappers, they don t care The sinners look cute till you look at their fruit A handful of sleaze for a snare Oh, don t give us none of your old temptations We ve had it with your stupid sins Spreading the light s alright for fighting Get a little action in Casting all the devils out in Jesus name Gonna stand and shine the light Spreadin the light s alright, I like it Spreadin the light s alright, alright, alright Well, they re packed pretty tight in church tonight We re looking to our Master who ll do us right God will use a little muscle to give what I need I can claim his holy promise, Shout out, He s with me. A couple of the sounds that I really like Are the sounds of a sinner when he sees the light When they praise-the-lord, Turning from their wicked past Then darkness falls to the bottom with a crash a, interlude, a, interlude Shine the light, shine the light, shine the light Shine the light, shine the light, shine the light Shine the light, shine the light, Shinin the light s alright repeat b twice more Benny and the Jets Elton John welcomes the prodigal back home Hey kids, time to get together The Father welcomes someone, Who s returning as a beggar We ll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around You re gonna hear some joyful music For the lost is found Oh, Andrew & Rhonda have you seen him yet Ooh, but he s down and out P-p-p-prodigal repents Oh, but it s hard yet it s wonderful More blessing than you ve ever seen He was a reconciled, a welcomed child Although he blew his wealth to smithereens Oh, p-p-p-prodigal repentssss Hey kids, check into the father Maybe he is blinded, But it s love that makes him bother His son s alive, even though he did wrong So he runs to his son in the street It s only right he belongs, interlude, Blessed, blessed to repent Blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed to repent Blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed to repent Your Sister Can t Twist Elton John knows the Savior exists I could really get down hearing all bad news I used to be caught up in the cynical blues I heard of a church at the back of town Where they really praise the Lord When the sun goes down I really got buzzed when the preacher said Throw away depression cuz the blues is dead Let the loving Master set your soul on fire And tonight I know for certain That the blues expired O the Savior exists and He can free your soul Out-lasts the idols; He can overthrow those A ruler supreme, and it s plain to see He can break the chains off of little old me The Savior exists, and He s got ahold of me Jesus has helped me, cuz the truth hit me Now I m in heaven; I have beat defeat And I ll be back in church where the music plays And the Master rocks all my blues away a, interlude O the Savior exists and He can free your soul Out-lasts the idols; He can overthrow those A ruler supreme, and it s plain to see He can break the chains off of little old me The Savior exists, and He s got ahold of me

2 Love Lies Bleeding The Funeral for a Friend and his resurrection The Master on the center cross Had shifted to one side Everything about this Man Was born to grow and die Oh, it doesn t seem so long ago That I heard Him say He said, I warn you now, but I must set my face To die on the cross someday And love lies bleeding through Your hands Oh, it kills me to think of You Dying for this man I was trying to save my soul And build my life on sand But my efforts came to nothing So I joined Your band Love lies bleeding through Your hands I wonder if those nailprints have left a scar on you When you arose on Easter morn, Just what did you go through? You re a resurrected Savior of mine I know I m happy now And when the Wind of change Came down Your way, Lord You made it back somehow, interlude, Love, love, oh Love lies bleeding through Your hands Ooh, ooh, ooh Grey Seal Elton John meets Solomon What s the newest king s posed to do? How do I rule and never take the way That makes me a fool? In a night dream, God called me His son That He would grant one wish unto So lomon And so I quickly asked for some wis~dom And tell me, Great King How does it feel to be so wise To see through eyes that only see what s real Tell me Your will I set to learn how character is formed I always learned in schools That s what the training is for If anyone can know then so can I I read books and grow wise in my life All my life is proverbs I ve applied The way of wisdom s taught by ancient men When youth are formed by sacred truth Their roots are deeper then The Lord of Wisdom made the earth and sky The holy Word conceived this world alive Since the holy Word is wise, then so am I All the Girls Love Alice Elton John evangelizes a lesbian searching for God Raised to be a lady by the golden rule Alice was the spawn of a public school With a double barrel name In the back of her brain And a simple case of Mummy-doesn't-love-me blues Reality it seems was just a dream She couldn't get it on with the boys on the scene But what do you expect From a chick who's just sixteen And hey, hey, hey, (hey, hey, hey) You know what I mean But Jehovah loves Alice Callin to Alice this day: Come home and believe Me Come home and receive Me Alice, it s your turn to pray Yes, Jehovah loves Alice Callin to Alice this day: You are loved and remembered Every promise is offered Faith in My Son is the Way Poor little darling with a chip out of her heart It's like acting in a movie When you got the wrong part Getting your kicks in another girl's bed But it was only last Tuesday Oh, you wondered what the Lord s Word said And I m glad you called to find out from the Lord How you could find a new life of a different sort The Word is heaven-sent For a 16-year old who s forlorn So hey, let s pray (hey, let s pray) Go to the Lord ab

3 This Song s Got No Title Elton John finds truth in the Bible Tune me into the Lord s Word of life It s alive and active and sharp as a knife Penetrates the spirit of the heart and the mind Nothing in this world can be hidden from sight Let me drink deeply from the water and the wine Why even handle what can t satisfy? As rain from heaven will water the earth The Word will accomplish what it was sent for And each day I learn just a little bit more I don t know why, but I do know what for Since God is speaking to us, let s get in tune Oh, His Word is the Bible, His Word is the truth In darkened valleys When the night-time has come Then the Word shines much brighter, It s as bright as the sun His Word s a book with the stories of men Dead in their sins and then born again All Scripture s God-breathed & can make you wise Useful for teaching and training in Christ Light in the darkness that tries hard to deceive For rebuking, correcting, the Word will redeem Candle in the Wind Elton John is the centurion at the crucifixion Though I never knew You at all You had the grace to hold Yourself While mockers round You called Why can t You save Yourself now? And they whispered, He s such a shame They nailed You on a bare cross And they spat upon your name And it seems to me You would not quench Any candle in the wind Never breakin broken branches Or a reed that s thin And I would ve liked to have known You But on this ugly hill Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever will Loneliness was tough The toughest role You ever played All abandoned the Son of God And pain was the price You paid Even when you died Oh, the world still hounded You All the paper had to say Was that Jesus Christ was the King of Jews Though I never knew You at all You had the grace to hold Yourself While mockers round You called Yet it could be I will have to say hello Seems You are something more than usual For an empty tomb says that You arose And it seems to me You will not quench Any candle in the wind Never breakin broken branches Or a reed that s thin And I pray that I can know You Cuz You re living still Your candle burns forevermore And it always will Your candle burns forevermore And it always will Jamaica Jerk-off Elton John praises the Lord When we worship in the morning It s enough to wake the dead Oh, we re turning off the radio And praisin God instead It s so good living in the Son Prayin to God all day Celebratin with my friends In that melodic way Come on, hosanna, la Sing hosanna all day, hosanna Answer God with feeling Hosanna to God all day, hallelujah Come on, hosanna, la Everybody say, hosanna, We re all clappin for Jehovah Hosanna to God all day, hallelujah Let the ladies and the gentlemen Give the Lord such delight In the churches or the jungle You can worship day or night So sing a loud hosa nna We re singin for God s glory Walkin talkin with my Savior You know it s meant to be, interlude, twice

4 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John sings the Prodigal s song When am I gonna come down? When am I going to learn? I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man The road it can t hold me forever I ve gotten so destitute I m not a present for my friends to open This boy s too young to be singing the blues, ah So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can t plant me in your penthouse I m going back to my plow Back to my father s own house Stay in my father s abode Oh, I ve finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road, ah What do you think he ll do then? I caused my own father pain I ll tell him I m sorry for the way that I acted Please take me in your house again Maybe he ll make me a farmhand I really didn t act like a son Wasted, without any pennies Sniffing for tidbits like pigs on the ground, ah Now It s All Over, Danny Bailey Elton John visits Armageddon He gathered the nations, Kings came to the valley In cold blood, they would gather in the land Israel Called there by Satan, A Beast they couldn t handle Though he s a Dragon, he thinks he s the Christ And there s not many knew him The way that we did Sure enough he made the world one It s marked six-sixty-six, oh Now it s all over, Armageddon Millions are dead, oh And Jesus Christ came again Now it s all over, Armageddon With sound of the trumpets It s gettin time to wake up the dead They leave their graves now Cuz Christ Jesus raised them Born again martyrs, I know faith has saved em And they were overcomers By the blood of the Savior They re greater than conq rers In a sad restless age, oh Now it s all over, saints in heaven Death has been shed, oh And Jesus Christ came again Now it s all over, saints in heaven, ah Roy Rogers Elton John rouses the spiritually lethargic Sometimes you dream, sometimes it seems There's nothing there at all You just seem older than yesterday And you're waiting for tomorrow to call You close up the curtains & one thing's for certain You're cozy in your little room The carpet's all paid for, God bless the TV Let mind-numbing dullness resume Oh but Lord Jesus is calling tonight Return from the lure of routines Bible book characters show us the road Spiritual heroes whose stories are told In God s power and glory They stood for the faith The prophets and judges Who served in God s name~ Turn off the TV, walk in the light Lord Jesus has plans for your life~ Nine o'clock mornings, five o'clock evenings You d liven the pace if you could Oh you d rather have a ham In your sandwich than cheese But complaining wouldn't do any good Lay back in your armchair, Close eyes and think clear You can be raised from the dead Joy and purpose are just what you re needin Why, oh why, do you slink off to bed They re waiting for the heroes A cloud of witnesses

5 I ve Seen That Movie Too Jesus talks to Elton John, the rich young ruler I can see by your eyes you must be lying To yourself and you don t have a clue What of your riches Can you give up your possessions And follow Me with gra titude? You come and you wonder how to find life Said you kept all the Lord s holy words If you would be right Then give up what you prize With your actions become My follower So keep your possessions and your money If you got too much to lose Cuz I can tell by the lines you re reciting You ve a greedy attitude So keep your possessions and your money If you got too much to lose Cuz I can tell by the lines you re reciting Your money s stoppin you Cuz of riches you have, Your soul gets pushed around You can t make a start to be new I ve got the blueprint for treasures in heaven Just sell it all and follow through verse 2, ab, interlude, bb Harmony Elton John celebrates the wonder of the church Hello, brothers, hello Glad to see your face and your smile We re the church for eternity For by the Lord we re reconciled Hello, sisters, hello We gather here by grace, worship the Lord The fellowship we have surely is grand The Lord has called to us to thrive as friends Glad to know~ you In this unity we re in the Lord s company Lookin in the Bible with our holy family In harmony Jesus really loves us And He wants to love us forever And dream of our life together, ever in eternity Hello, brothers, hello Open up your heart and let forgiveness flow With God we got a family, walkin the Jesus road In any case, He s sets the real pace By makin us grow, say hello, hello, ah~ Ever in eternity Harmony harmony harmony harmony Harmony harmony harmony ah~