Mark Hollis/ Simon Brenner / Lee Harris / Paul Webb) Oh oh oh It's OK If you don't like the words I say Throw them away But sing it just the same I know insi...

I waited patiently for the Lord He inclined and heard my cry He brought me up out of my pit Out of the miry clay I will sing, sing a new song I will sing, sing...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Sang soulless loud Herding step on flesh and nothing else To well to drown and drown Sleight of reason how they come Cain in n...

Mark Hollis) Take my hand Colours seem so black inside your head Does everything reflect the time you spend So tired of thinking you You hide your face Don't a...

"Alas my love, you say goodbye Wipe the poison from my brow Alas my love, this guilty night It gives me up like a foster child And in this moment I take my vow ...

I'm trying hard to understand you And your over-rated state of mind Sometimes you try to move me to you And make believe that it's all fine You say you love, y...

Paul Webb) And when you're hanging 'round Waiting on the other side of town Kick a stone on a painted wall And when the riot comes Keep your head and keep you...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Here she comes Silent in her sound Here she comes Fresh upon the ground Come gentle spring Come at winter's end Gone is the p...

Sorrow is a lonely feeling Unsettled is a painful place I've lived with both for far too long now Since we've parted ways I've been wrestling with my conscience...

Mark Hollis / Simon Brenner) Say goodnight Every hour brings the morning of my life Out of time Every step I take I'm further down the line Here I stand left ...

I rap for Christ, no crossin' the line I don't water down lyrics or forget the spine I gotta come bold, cause I've been sold On the Word that'll never grow old ...

Mark Hollis) This sure is some kind of party It's so useful Surround my life with excuses For what I choose to lose And my name Doesn't look the same to me no...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Only of the night And it's darkness am I calling Only of the night My relief in it's falling Breathe on me, eclipse my mind I...

Chance People watching, every life a mystery Sunny faces, but you know the story's incomplete Satisfaction, seems a million miles away So I'm moving to another...

I don't want another country I want ta recognize intent Of our forefathers when they wrote Precisely what they meant Taken on the form of Christian But the powe...

Open up your box of sunshine, And smile as confetti comes raining down on you You feel a lot like the good guy, Do you know why, Everything's so blue But love ...

Pardon me, your epidermis is showing I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement cause I see (the) beauty in the ton...

"I live a simple life, I take a day at a time I spend my mornings with God before I hit the grind The subtleties of darkness never cease to amaze As a physical ...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Desire Whispered spoken In time Rivers oceans That ain't me babe I'm just content to relax Than drown within myself Of mind...

Mark Hollis) Maybe when the heat's away you're fine To put another drink away is out of line Out of line So easy with a thief to blame For breaking every pledg...

Gotta find a way just to play just a little game Got a compulsion wanna be a champion Gotta feel the heart, gotta be smart, play the card Gotta get inside the m...

Another sign with no regret More coins inside her hand One more time to own respect No mercenary she stands I'm no boy stealing pennies from the poor Break it d...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Summer bled of Eden Easter's heir uncrowns Another destiny lies leeched upon the ground Everybody needs someone to live by Ev...

We're livin' in extreme days Comin' at ya like a whirlwind A hundred miles an hour's where we'll begin I spy the eye of apprehension Show me risk and you'll get...

Well I walk through this world livin' day to day I see the people, hear what they have to say Take a look at the ethics, morals, and goals Makin' gods outta men...

(chorus) Free, free, I'm Free at Last Thank God Almighty I'm Free at Last Free, free, I'm Free at Last Thank God Almighty I'm free Cause I'm free, Free at Last...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) >From the place that I stand to the land that is openly free Watching rivers run black by the trees that are vacant to greed ...

I'm Joey E this is, this is greer Hey let me tell you something I just heard the new Free At Last record by dc talk Hey, guess what man? I think they sampled so...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Makes you feel much older Sublime the blind parade It wrecks me how they justify their acts of war They assemble, they pray T...

Mark Hollis / Simon Brenner / Paul Webb / Lee Harris) Hate Relax your stare It's laughing in my face My foes beware I'm tired of losing grace The child's not...

Mark Hollis) I'm picking up again Well it got too much After the accident It could feel no worse I turned around and saw him hit the ground A little earlier i...

I have a maker He formed my heart Before even time began My life was in his hands He knows my name He knows my every thought He sees each tear that falls and H...

As I sit and ponder I begin to wonder why God would send His only Son upon this earth to die The conviction of my heart brings a tear to my eye And keep reality...

Well I'm a Christian, and you know that's true But sometimes things are lookin' blue Because, I lose sight, and I fall back I start chillin' to the wrong kinda ...

Chorus) Heavenbound Don't you know I'm heavenbound Heavenbound Reachin' for that higher ground Heavenbound Don't you know I'm heavenbound Heavenbound Reachin' f...

Help, I need somebody Help, not just anybody Help, you know I need someone Help When I was younger, so much younger than today I never thought I needed any help...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Hear it in my spirit I've seen heroin for myself On the street so young laying wasted Enough ain't it enough Crippled world I ...

[Some people out there givin' rap a bad name Well I'm here to let you know, we ain't down with that] Rap music, the sound of the times Ya sorta talk lyrics to ...

Life was filled with guns and war And all of us got trampled on the floor I wish we'd all been ready Children died, the days grew cold A piece of bread could bu...

I keep trying to find a life On my own apart from you I am the king of excuses I've got one for every selfish thing I do (Tell me) what's going on inside of me...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) April song Lilac glistening foal Ten as one On the breeze they flow When it gets my heart out Nature's son Don't you know wh...

What would people think When they hear that I'm a Jesus Freak And what will people do when they find that it's true What would people think When they hear that ...

Jesus is still alright with me Jesus is still alright, oh yeah Jesus is still alright with me Jesus is still alright Toby Mac, and the Mac is back no slack On a...

[It's just between you and me] [I've got something' to say] [I wanna get it straight] [Before the sun goes down] Sorrow is a lonely feeling Unsettled is a pain...

[Oldie but a goodie] True MC, no slack on the track Here to tell the people that love's what we lack In this family we gotta love like Christ So precise in you...

Under these circumstances they can hardly cope Notice their fleeting glances and their lack of hope I offer this suggestion they don't seem to care-o This is my...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Better parted I see people crying Truth gets harder There's no sense in lying Help me find a way from this maze I can't help ...

Down with the dc Talk, down with the dc Talk Are you down with the dc Talk, down with the dc Talk Pullin' out my big black book Cause when I need a word defined...

Mark Hollis) Out in the street today We're parading around We're the height of the fashion And she laughs 'cos we look the same And follow all of the rule Eve...

Well, I'm Catherine Morgan And I'm the next-door neighbor to the Gotees And, the Gotees, were over there And they had a drummer that came in here To played the ...

Mark Hollis / Simon Brenner) Lay your hands into my head I've been rude I don't care what you do So much heart is not enough I've seen few Who treat me like y...

I heard your record on the telephone It was my cousin Joan She picked it up from the top 40 rack And then I read your interview in Rolling Stones You threw the...

I'm setting the stage for the things is love and i'm now the man i once couldn't be nothing on earth could now ever move me i now have the will and the strength...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Place my chair at the backroom door Help me up I can't wait anymore Blessed love the love I've seen Stair by idle stair Faith...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Lifted up Reflective in returning love you sing Errant days filled me Fed me illusion's gate in temperate stream Welled up wit...

[DCT in effect!] Now you were born right into a world of sin Short of God, the Lord of all men From the jump on the sixth day A breath of life embarked a nu wa...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Change, I was flying Seems my life is dying How can I confess I've given everything that I had and still you left How can I f...

Pages filled with a holy message Sealed with a kiss from heaven On a scroll long ago Phrases, words that were bound together Now have the power to sever Like a ...

Mark Hollis) Well baby how the weeks fade Baby was the best part of your youth a sensation Yeah that's a change I never thought I'd end up fooling you Do you ...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Well aren't you success In answer select Apologies met An effigy blessed Slow to bleed fair son Rescinded Well aren't you su...

Solomon once wrote: "Better is open rebuke, than hidden love" So say the words Silence is golden but these are the words That the world needs to hear Terms of c...

BOMBARDED BY PHILOSOPHIES THAT SATISFY THE SURFACE I FLEE TO SOMETHING DEEPER AT THE RISK OF SEEKING PURPOSE HOW CAN I HANG IN THIS ENVIRONMENTAL STATE OF BEIN...

[It's okay, it's all right] Whatcha thinking, doing the things you do Whose opinion are ya listening to? Justifying, you turn it all to gray Synchronizing to s...

Bombarded by philosophies that satisfy the surface I flee to something deeper at the risk of seeking purpose How can I hang in this environmental state of being...

Mark Hollis/ Simon Brenner / Paul Webb / Lee Harris) Driving in the back seat around the town Listen to the lights, I want to see the sound Of music playing in...

Mark Hollis) Such a shame to believe in escape 'A life on every face' And that's a change Till I'm finally left with an eight Tell me to relax, I just stare Ma...

Movin' at the speed of sound There has never been a lull in the motion Conversations swirl around Strangers questioning their devotion Welcome to the world of t...

(intro) Now when you're down and feelin' out I know ya take it to the Lord But those times when ya got the clout Do you take it to the Lord? When you're outta c...

T, jumpin' on the m-i-c to Promote talk in the family You, say parents don't understand Yo, that's ill, I know they can But, you're feelings they cannot read An...

Well did I tell you before When I was up Anxiety was bringing me down I'm tired of listening to you Talking in rhymes Twisting round to think You're straight do...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) When do you know you know You know you learn Do you die in sin or born again With will to wind and wander clim Through needle ...

[Yo, yo T why don't you tell them that story] [Bout how you were back in the day, in the hip-hop day] [Ya know what I'm saying? Tell them that story man] We're ...

Prologue - The other night I met a girl and she looked to be so nice I asked her for the digits and she didn't think twice A couple of days later called her up ...

(chorus) Some people gotta learn the hardway I guess I'm the kinda guy That has to find out for myself I had to learn the hardway, Father I'm on my knees and I...

John the Baptist prophesied a Messiah will rise He'll be tried, crucified, ascend in the skies Years later in the city of Dave A miracle of God gave a virgin a ...

Mark Hollis / Ian Curnow) One by one Every courtesy is gone And the show begins Bring on the clowns Pain is quiet I've laughed at silence For the last time Le...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Oh yeah The world's turned upside down Jimmy Finn is out Well how can that be fair at all Lenient The song the lawyer sang Ou...

I am solo in this world of water Only the tip of a sunrise visible Like the morning light in a little girl's eyes I crave this freedom I find it only in this li...

70 years is all we got To accumulate goods that seem to mean a lot For the first 20 years, you're off to school Learnin' principles and learnin' the tools To ma...

Time is tickin' away, time is tickin' Time is tickin' away, time is tickin' You got a gift and you best start using it Cause if you don't you're gonna wind up l...

I'm DC Talk and I'd like to say I rock the mic in a kickin' way With a def track from Valet Beat I know it's hard to keep from movin' your feet So hyper fundi, ...

Mark Hollis / Simon Brenner / Paul Webb / Lee Harris) Cover me with shades of disbelief Can happiness be someone's else's dream Numbers call to spell my name M...

Mark Hollis) Don't look back until you've tried A line so openly a lie 'Outside of you, it's just tomorrow starting' I've said I'm wrong when I've been right ...

[Wait, give 'em somethin' Give 'em a little somethin'] [Go ahead man, break it down] [When you really break it down] We're just two honks, and a negro Servin' ...

Alas my love you say goodbye wipe the poison from my brow alas my love this guilty night it gives me up like a foster child and in this moment I take my vow the...

(chorus) Praise Him Praise Him Voices raisin' Praise Him Praise Him Voices raisin' Praise Him, my friend, cause He sits on high He's the Lord God almighty so d...

Man against man just ain't the plan It's time for God's people to take a stand I mean brother to brother, black to white Stand up to the problem and begin to fi...

Man against man just ain't the plan It's time for God's people to take a stand I mean brother to brother, black to white Stand up to the problem and begin to fi...

That's great, it starts with an earthquake, Birds, snakes, and aeroplanes You know I am not afraid Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn World serves it...

A rainy Monday afternoon There's a funk over the city Everybody's movin' to a different tune Some are weak And some are strong And some are sittin' pretty Then ...

Ahhh, yeah, WDCT Talk radio [yeah] with the sounds to shake them bones [shake them bones] Cause we're bringing you the funk The whole funk and nothing but the f...

Aww yeah, aha! WDCT Talk Radio With the sounds of shake them bones (Shake them bones!) 'Cause we're bringing you the funk the whole funk and nothin' but the fun...

Frankincense to offer, have i And incense owned, a deity nigh Prayer and praising, all men raising You can hear it pealing through the river and sky (chorus) ...

Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Create upon my flesh Create approach upon my breath Bring me salvation if I fear Take my freedom A sacred love Create upon my...

a preacher shuns his brother cuz his bride's a different color and this is not acceptable his papa taught him so it was love that he'd be preachin but this was ...

(What if stumble What if I fall?) Is this one for the people? Is this one for the Lord? Or do I simply serenade for the things I must afford You can jumble the...

[It's time ta jam!] (chorus) When DC talks When DC talks When DC talks When DC talks When I talk, I talk about the Lord You can be sure that you can't afford T...

Mark Hollis) Well I know Those you don't understand you criticise And I know I can never mean anything within your eyes Stop acting like that Everybody lives ...

Word 2 the Father, Word 2 the Father Word 2 the Father, Word 2 the Father We're here to say Word 2 the Father up in heaven A shout out loud from me, Mike, and K...

[Here we go] Yo ho ho, I'm good to go Hypin' on the mic cause God said so He said, "Yo, go out and fish for men" A genuine commission that put us in To tell yo...