A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

by Martin Luther
Trans. by Fred­er­ic H. Hedge

A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great,
And, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide,
Our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side,
The Man of God's own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His Name,
From age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.

And though this world, with devils filled,
Should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed
His truth to triumph through us:
The Prince of Darkness grim,
We tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure,
For lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly powers,
No thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours
Through Him Who with us sideth:
Let goods and kindred go,
This mortal life also;
The body they may kill:
God's truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.

Typecast

by Ryan Adams

You and I, we were born to play these parts
And we play them so well
So well and often, sometimes you and I forget
Who we really are
It keeps me locked into the deal

Binary stars, companions in the sky
Always in orbit, but never to collide
We're just not going supernova any time soon
We're just two stars out under the moon

We're typecast
We play losers who keep falling in love with the wrong ones
We're typecast
What a show, why won't they cancel us?
We got a million more seasons to go
We've been typecast

Every shadow I knew you underneath was just a studio trick
A spotlight on the stage
Black bottles to simulate the depth
To manipulate the young and naïve
And hide your age

We're worse than liars, we're paid to be fixed
Ghost lights in our living rooms for in-between matinées
Two lonely stars someplace beyond the moon
Where the light is coming from
But never receiving or getting any

Good Vibrations

by Tony Asher

I love the colorful clothes she wears
And she's already working on my brain
I only looked in her eyes
But I picked up something I just can't explain

I'm picking up good vibrations
She's giving me the excitations

I bet I know what she's like
And I can feel how right she'd be for me
It's weird how she comes in so strong
And I wonder what she's picking up from me

I don't know where, but she sends me there
Got to keep those loving good vibrations
A-happening with her

I'm picking up good vibrations
She's giving me the excitations

S'posin'

by Paul Denniker

S'posin' I should fall in love with you
Do you think that you could love me too?
S'posin' I should hold you and caress you
Would it impress you?
Or perhaps distress you?

S'posin' I should say, 'For you I yearn'
Would you think I'm speaking out of turn?
And s'posin' I declare it
Would you take my love and share it?
I'm not s'posin', 'cause I'm in love with you

Love Me Do

by Paul McCartney

Love, love me do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So please, love me do

Someone to love
Somebody new
Someone to love
Someone like you