Stop This Flight

Finchian etude

stop this flight

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Sixteen hours from London
Flying on a DC-10
You know I wonder if when that plane sets down
I'll ever be able to walk again
I spent thirty five days in Europe
Singing 'til my voice is gone
You know there's never time enough to get a good night's sleep
What is this road that I've been running on

I've got to stop this flight
I got to get back to earth
Hey, I'm a human being
God knows what that's worth

I'm not meant to be stranded on some empty stage
And end up lonely in my old age
I've got to stop
Stop this flight

People try to twist your message
Reporters try to twist your mind
You know I just can't wait 'til I can get back home
I really miss that girl of mine
She's the only one I really (can) talk to
She's where my heart begins and ends
It ain't no lust or money relationship, uh uh
We were teenage buddies and childhood friends

Come on stop this flight
Help me God, get back to earth
Hey, I'm a human being
God knows what that's worth

And now I'm moving like a dancer on a empty stage
But I'll be risen from this prison at the end of the age
Yeah eh
Oh

I'm always locked up in the studio
Hey, this ain't no way to live
You know they never like my albums 'til the records sell
And they always want more than I can possibly give
I've been struggling for inspiration
An' hoping that the songs don't flop
And I'll be waiting like a beggar for the option to drop
You've got to live up to the contract 'til they tell you to stop

You've gotta stop this flight
You've got to get back to earth
Hey, we are human beings
God knows what that's worth

We're not meant to be trapped in this fleshly cage
And end up screaming like a demon at the end of the age
We're meant to stop the flights (Stop this flight)
That's right stop it stop it (Stop this flight)
You've got to stop your flight (Stop this flight)
Stop your flight

(Stop this flight) Stop running around
(Stop this flight) Get your feet on the ground
(Stop this flight) You've got to stop this flight
(Stop this flight) You know who you are
(Stop this flight) You know what you're supposed to do
(Stop this flight) You've got to stop this, stop, stop, stop
(Stop this flight) Running around

(Stop this flight)

a woman of god

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If you're eighteen years old and you're in love and it's the real thing, and you want to get married. Yeah, I suggest you wait until you're nineteen. 'Cause sometimes you, you don't know who you're in love with because you don't even know who you are. Takes a while to find out what you want, where you're going, who you are. But don't be in any rush to drag somebody else along with you [Spoken]

Oh yeah eh eh

I need a woman who doesn't take drugs, an' mess with men
Believes the bible and despises sin
Lifts me up instead of knocking me down
Follows God instead o' running around
I need a woman who's kind and true
I haven't found her but until I do

I'll be looking for a woman of God
A woman with a righteous heart
I'll be looking for a woman of God
Who doesn't easily fall apart

I need a woman who knows the measure of what she's worth
Stores up treasure but not on earth
Seeks God's will in all that's done
And keeps her eyes on the holy one
I need a woman who's kind and true
I haven't found her but until I do

I'll be looking for a woman of God
A woman with a righteous heart
You know I'm looking for a woman of God
Who doesn't easily fall apart

The bible says a good wife who can find, she's more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband is glad in her. She clothes her children in purple. Her lamp does not go out at night. She is known among the people in the city. And her children, her children shall rise up and call her blessed [Spoken]

Oh I'm looking for a woman of God
A woman with a righteous heart
You know I'm looking for a woman of God
Who doesn't easily fall apart

Oh oh oh oh

I'm looking for a woman of God
A woman with a righteous heart (Ooh ooh ooh)
You know I'm looking for a woman of God (Ooh ooh ooh)
Who doesn't easily fall apart
Yeah eh yeh
Yeah I'm looking for a woman of God
Yeah, ???

what's wrong with this body

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Hey it's nice to have so many nice people here tonight and it's really nice to, you know what, when you're nice to people they're nice to you back, it's nice. And the bible says that the heart is desperately wicked and deceitful above all things. Who can know it? I don't think we believe that. I don't think there's many people here who would say yeah that sounds like me. That the heart is desperately wicked? Yeah that's me. And deceitful above all things who can uh, ye-yeah that's me, yeah that's me, yeah. No I, I think we get the idea that we're, we're really nice people, and doesn't matter if God sees our hearts the way they really are. We know differently. We're, we're, we're good people. Yeah we do, we do bad things but, well it's kinda hard to explain, because we are good. We just do bad things. What's wrong with this community? What's wrong with this world? What's wha, what's wrong with us who are brothers and sisters and believe in one God in the spirit, and Christ? [Spoken]

What's wrong with this body
Ah this body is ill
It's full of disease and it's dying
You know this body needs healing
And it needs to be filled
We ought to stand on our feet and start trying

If a man should divorce the wife of his youth
Just to marry another woman
And his life goes off course and he strays from the truth
Let his fall be to all a kind of omen

What's a wrong with this body
Ah this body is ill
It's full of disease and it's dying
You know this body needs healing
We need to be filled
We got to stand on our feet and start trying

When a friend turns his back and grows jealous and cruel
And tries to destroy your reputation
You will gain what he takes
If you pray for that friend
And you concentrate on your own salvation

Come on what's wrong with this body
Ah this body is ill
It's full of disease and it's dying
You know this body needs healing
It needs to be filled
We've got to stand on our feet and start tying [I believe Larry mis-sung the word trying]

Go

What's wrong with this body
This body is [ill]
It's full of dis[ease] and it's [dying]
You know this body needs [healing]
It needs to be [filled]
You got to stand on your [feet] and start [trying]
You people are sick

What's a wrong with this body
This a body is ill
It's full of dis[ease and it's dying] and it's dying
You know this body needs healing
And need to be filled
We've got to stand on your feet
You've got to get on your knees
You've got to fall on your face and start dying to self
And living unto, living unto God
Woo

don't you wanna talk about it

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If you have a friend and your friend's in trouble, you know what you're supposed to do. You're supposed to call everybody up on the telephone an' and tell 'em what's wrong with your friend. So you can all pray for him. Huh, no, we're supposed to love one another and not do anyone harm. If someone harms you, turn your other cheek to them also and return anger with kindness. The bible says that a soft tongue breaks a bone and the wounds of a friend are faithful but the kisses of an enemy are deadly [Spoken]

True and faithful are the wounds of a friend
Who keeps on praying that this war will end
My heart is broken and I need it to mend
Don't you wanna talk about it

You're drinking water from a bitter well
Down on the beach I see these broken shells
Paradise has fallen, I'm surprised you can't tell
Don't you wanna talk about it

A line is drawn (the fear of death)
A bridge is crossed (the savoire faire)
A friend is gone (the ratty breath)
But is not lost (the falling hair)
I watch the sky (the lizard grip)
I see a falling star (the vacant stare)
And I ask the Lord
I wonder where you are

Kingdoms of earth they don't mean nothing to me
I'd give my life if it would help you be free
This ain't the way that God intends it to be
Don't you wanna talk about it

I called your lawyer but he said you were gone
I didn't see you 'cause your headlights weren't on
You shut the door and faded into the dawn
Don't you wanna talk about it

A line is drawn (the fear of death)
A bridge is crossed (the savoire faire)
A friend is gone (the ratty breath)
But is he lost (the falling hair)
I pray each night (the lizard grip)
I ask the Lord on high (the vacant stare)
Where you are

And I ask him why
Why must this go on
This battle inside that rages and rages
Like some restless tide
Over, over and over again
The flesh and spirit come against each other
An' I love you my brother, my brother

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you (I love you [x6])
It goes on and on
This night does not end

and we sing the tune

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I was alone and without love
Hope was fading fast
Slipping right on past
Then by some grand design

She came along and heard my song
And sang the harmony
She was right on key
And she was right on time

And now I'm hers, she is mine
We sing together now
She knows the words somehow
And I love her true
And we sing the tune

Love is a song from heaven
She is the love that I've been given
I was alone, I was unsure
She reached out to me
And she helped me see
That I still had a chance
I still had a chance

To open up, to come alive
And to love again
It was only then
That I joined in the dance
Oh ho

And I am hers, she is mine
We sing together now
She knows the words somehow
And I love her true
And we sing the tune

Thank you [Spoken]
[Chuckles]

out of my system

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Sometimes you think you're in love with somebody and uh, like remember when you were in school and you fall in love with somebody and it's, it's, it's true love and then a week later it's gone. Well sometimes that happens when you get older too, but it lasts longer than a week. When you're, when you're young eeh, sometimes you like two or three people at the same time you know and I mean you righ.. I think you'll remember, if you're a girl you'll remember writing down the names in the order of preference. Yeah. And about five minutes later you, you thought no that's wrong and you rearranged the order. Well that's not what I mean by lasting love. I'd like to sing a song about love that does not last. At some point you have to get over your feelings for your third grade sweetheart or your girlfriend who left you for another guy. This world we live in is a very difficult passage for everyone. Some people have good lives or sweet lives and their life is very difficult too. No one has such an easy life that they don't see the problems of living that perhaps only a God could solve. And this causes many people to search for a God and to call out to him, and he is there [Spoken]

The switch is off, the lights are out
It took no special wisdom
To pull the plug and cut the wires
And now you're out of my system

It took me years to change the gears
I could barely twist 'em
But now you're gone the tears have dried, I died
Now you're out of my system

You're out of my
You're out of my system [x2]

You led me on with words of love
I just couldn't resist 'em baby
You never meant those things you said, that's all right
You're out of my system
Wo oh oh oh

You're out of my
You're out of my system
You're out of my
You're out of my
You're out of my
You're out of my system [x2]

You'd disappear until the morning light
So many alibis I can't list 'em baby
I used to lie awake at night, all right
Now you're out of my
You know you're out of my
You ran around with other men
Ooh you made love and kissed 'em baby
But now you're gone do what you want
I don't care because you're out of my
You know you're out of my

You're out of my
You're out of my system
You're out of my
You're out of my
You're out of my
You're out of my system
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

i hope i'll see you in heaven

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When you first begin your journey
You're not sure of who you are
And the lessons that you're learning
They don't seem to take you far
And you just can't keep from stumbling
Though you try so hard to stand
And the truth can be so humbling
When it's just beyond your hand

As though youth were my invention
As though love lay undefined
To stay free was my intention
To stay young and unconfined
And so I held my pride above you
Oh yes what a fool was I
Holding back those words God loves you
And letting out that word goodbye

I was wrong to let you go
I was a child and I did not know
About the love that we both could have given
And now you're gone so far away
I hope I'll see you again someday
But if I don't, I hope I'll see you in heaven

I was foolish in my younger days
To think they'd never end
Life confused me with its changing ways
And I could not comprehend
All the meaning in those moments
Now lost like footprints in the sand
And I'm standing here remembering
But it's so hard to understand

I was wrong to let you go
I was a child and I did not know
About the love that we both could have given
And now you're gone so far away
I hope I'll see you again someday
But if I don't, I hope I'll see you in heaven

I've been sitting in this garden
In the middle of my days
And my memories fade and harden
As the years they slip away
And I've been looking in this mirror
At the age around my eyes
Time is such an earnest labourer
Precision is his neighbour
Lay my body in the ground
But let my spirit touch the skies

And I was wrong to let you go
I was a child, how could I know
About the love that we both could have, should have given
And now you're gone so far away
I hope I'll see you again someday
But if I don't, I hope I'll see you in heaven
If I don't, I hope I'll see you in heaven
Well if I don't, I hope I'll see you in heaven

messiah

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Messiah took this world by force
Messiah took the world by force
I could hear children crying
I could see people dying
I could see the cities falling
I could hear their saviour calling

(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force x2

Red clouds blotted out the sun
Darkness fell on everyone
Rivers of blood were running
I could see the armies coming
I could see their weapons falling
I could hear the angels calling

(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force

(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) He took this world by force

The bear from the north
And the dragon from the east
Descended upon the armies of Israel
And slaughtered them
And in that moment
The chosen of Israel cried out for Messiah
And Messiah came

Messiah Messiah

(Messiah Messiah Messiah took this world by force)

(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) He took this world by force x2

(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah) Messiah
(Messiah took this world by force) Took this world by force

The vinyl releases (Phydeaux, DTS and Royal Music) are musically identical apart from Messiah on the Phydeaux version having a longer fadeout, and including two or three seconds of the introduction to the next song

Solid Rock Records SRD-607 [1997, US]

8 page booklet with lyrics and brief write up