CLAY AIKEN – Shine

You can try to hide away from every drop of rain that’s hanging over you.
And you can say it’s all a waste.
Lost your time and space.
There’s nothing left to lose.
Like a broken angel on the ground, like a symphony without a sound.
Turn around.

[Chorus]
Everything you are.
Everywhere you’ve been.
The sinner, and the saint that fight the battle within.
Everyplace you go.
Everybody knows.
Shadows fall across the sun sometimes.
Shine.
Your gonna shine.

In the mirror of your soul.
I know that you know, you are not forsaken.
Hey butterfly open up your weary eyes, and realize it’s a trip we’re taking.
And the world will turn around again.
And your shattered heart is going to mend.
In the end.

[Chorus]

Everything you are.
Everywhere you’ve been.
The sinner,and the saint that fight the battle within.
Everyplace you go.
Everybody knows.
Shadows fall across the sun sometimes.
Shine.
Your gonna shine.

Baby let’s go riding those shooting stars.
Watch the cresent moon smile to your heart.
Shine.
Your gonna shine.
Shine.
Your gonna shine.

[Chorus]
Everything you are.
Everywhere you’ve been.
The sinner,and the saint that fight the battle within.
Everyplace you go.
Everybody knows.
Shadows fall across the sun sometimes.
Shine.

[Chorus]
Everything you are.
Everywhere you’ve been.
The sinner,and the saint that fight the battle within.
Everyplace you go.
Everybody knows.
Shadows fall across the sun sometimes.
Shine.
Your gonna shine.

CLAY AIKEN – Silent Night

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope, the weary soul rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, oh night when Christ was born;
O night, oh holy night, oh night divine.

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, oh night when Christ was born;
O night, oh holy night, oh night divine.

CLAY AIKEN – Sacrificial Love

Sometimes I feel like
I’m chasing the shadows in your eyes
Losing my footing and looking for something
I recognize

You tell me you’re here for forever
But act like you’re passing through
Which one’s the real you
Which one’s the real you

[Chorus]
Are you only
Practicing until you find the real thing
Taking up space
Until you find yourself that perfect face
Are you looking
Over my shoulder
Am I enough
Or just your sacrificial love

I know when we started
That I kind of talked you into this
I was good for the moment
But now something’s missing
From your kiss

I see you lying beside me
But I feel you’re moving on
Which one’s the real you
Which one’s the real you

[Chorus]
Are you only
Practicing until you find the real thing
Taking up space
Until you find yourself that perfect face
Are you looking
Over my shoulder
Am I enough
Or just your sacrificial love

Do I have to spill my tears
Teach you how to say goodbye
If that’s not what I am to you
Then what am I
What am I

[Chorus]
Are you only
Practicing until you find the real thing
Taking up space
Until you find yourself that perfect face
Are you looking
Over my shoulder
Am I enough
Or just your sacrificial love

CLAY AIKEN – Run To Me

Don’t, you don’t have to save my life
No, you’re not ready I can feel it
Outside it’s raining, but I’ll just go home
Someday your heart will just let him go

As soon as you get that feeling
You can start to live again
As soon as the worst is over
You can make it all make sense
Right now I can’t give you what you need
As soon as you get that feeling… run to me

Hush, you don’t have to say a word
Trust, I’m not going to hate you for it
Feels like my touch only brings back the pain
Someday those memories will fade away

As soon as you get that feeling
You can start to live again
As soon as the worst is over
You can make it all make sense
Right now I can’t give you what you need
As soon as you that feeling… run to me

How can I be brave enough to say good-bye
I’d die inside without you, oh
Can’t you see it’s hard enough to walk away
Don’t look at me you make me wrong,
I’ve been through this to make me strong

As soon as you get that feeling
You can start to live again, oh
As soon as the worst is over
You can make it all make sense
Right now I can’t give you what you need
As soon as you get that feeling,
As soon as you get that feeling… run to me

CLAY AIKEN – Right Here Waiting

Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn’t stop the pain

If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the times
That I though would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can’t get near you now

Oh, can’t you see it baby
You’ve got me goin’ CrAzY

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I’m with you
I’ll take the chance

Oh, can’t you see it baby
You’ve got me goin’ cRaZy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

CLAY AIKEN – Proud Of Your Boy

Proud of your boy
I’ll make you proud of your boy
Believe me, bad as I’ve been, Ma
You’re in for a pleasant surprise

I’ve wasted time
I’ve wasted me
So say I’m slow for my age
A late bloomer, Okay, I agree

That I’ve been one rotten kid
Some son, some pride and some joy
But I’ll get over these lousin’ up
Messin’ up, screwin’ up times

You’ll see, Ma, now comes the better part
Someone’s gonna make good
Cross his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your boy

Tell me that I’ve been a louse and loafer
You won’t get a fight here, no ma’am
Say I’m a goldbrick, a goof-off, no good
But that couldn’t be all that I am

Water flows under the bridge
Let it pass, let it go
There’s no good reason that you should believe me
Not yet, I know, but

Someday and soon
I’ll make you proud of your boy
Though I can’t make myself taller
Or smarter or handsome or wise

I’ll do my best, what else can I do ?
Since I wasn’t born perfect like Dad or you
Mom, I will try to
Try hard to make you
Proud of your boy

CLAY AIKEN – Perfect Day

I was fading last night, lost out in the cold
Couldn’t see the light then she opened up the door
I came in from the dark, fell into her arms just in time

And now I know that I have left the past behind, won’t let it go

[Chorus]
You could tell me tonight
That maybe the world would end
That the sun wouldn’t rise
And it was gonna rain again
Just as long as she’s in my arms
It’s gonna be a perfect day

There’s a look in her eyes
It makes me feel alright
It lights the perfect sky
That I couldn’t see before,
That she helped me to find, now that I’ve seen the shine,
I know that I’ll never be alone

‘Cuz now I know that I have love I can’t deny, won’t let it go

[Chorus]

Its gonna be a perfect day

I think I lost you in another life,
A part of me that I left behind
I won’t go on without you
And now I know that I have put the past behind, I let it go

[Chorus x2]

Its gonna be a perfect day

CLAY AIKEN – On My Way Here

I took my first step
On that black and white kitchen floor
I sometimes wonder if that house
Is even there, anymore
I had my first glimpse of love
When I was five
I watched two people split apart
But still the three of us survived

I’ve seen the best
I’ve seen the worst
I wouldn’t change what I’ve been through
I’ve touched the sky
I’ve hit the wall
But I did what I had to
Ooooohhhh

On my way here
Where I am now
I’ve learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I’ve fallen hard
But I’ve been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here.

Oh yeah yeaaah

My address has changed
Almost every year
I’ve found that standing still
Can quickly make a lifetime disappear
I’d rather try and fail
A thousand times denied
And this, whenever you feel pain
It lets you know that you’re alive

I’ve been a fool
I’ve been afraid
Yeah, I’ve been loved
I’ve been lied to
I’ve been wrong
And I’ve been right
I stood up when I had to

Yeah Yeahhhh

On my way here
Where I am now
I’ve learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I’ve fallen hard
But I’ve been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here.

No guarantees
I believed that I would find
An open door or a light
To lead me to the other side
I guess that is why

On my way here
Where I am now
I’ve learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I’ve fallen hard
But I’ve been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here

Yeahhhh
Oooooohh

CLAY AIKEN – O, Holy Night

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
This is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, oh night when Christ was born;
O night, oh holy night, oh night divine.

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, oh night when Christ was born;
O night, oh holy night, oh night divine.

CLAY AIKEN – The Christmas Song

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows that turkey and some mistletoe
Can help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa’s on his way
He’s loading lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother’s child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so, I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

They know that Santa’s on his way
He’s loading lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother’s child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so, I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

And every mother’s child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

And so, I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you

CLAY AIKEN – My Grown-Up Christmas List

Do you remember me
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies

Well, I’m all grown up now
And still need help somehow
I’m not a child
But my heart still can dream

So here’s my lifelong wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts

That everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

As children we believed
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath a tree

Well heaven only knows
That packages and bows
Can never help to heal
A wounded soul

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts

That everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts

Everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

And this is my only life long wish
This is my grown-up Christmas list

CLAY AIKEN – Moon River

Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style someday
Old dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end waitin’ ’round the bend
My Huckle-berry friend, moon river and me

Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style someday
Old dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

Two drifters, off to see the world
And there’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end waitin’ ’round the bend
My Huckle-berry friend, moon river and me

CLAY AIKEN – Misty

Look at me
I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree
And I feel like I’m clinging to a cloud
I can’t understand
I get misty just holding your hand

Walk my way
And a thousand violins begin to play
Or it might be the sound of your hello
That the music I hear
I get misty the moment you’re near

You can say that you’re leading me on
But it’s just what I want you to do
Don’t you notice how hopelessly I’m lost?
That’s why I’m following you

On my own
Would I wander through this wonderland alone?
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I’m too misty and too much in love

You can say that you’re leading me on
But it’s just what I want you to do
Don’t you notice how hopelessly I’m lost?
That’s why I’m following you

On my own
Would I wander through this wonderland alone?
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I’m too misty and too much in love
I’m too misty and too much in love

CLAY AIKEN – Merry Christmas With Love

She leaned with her head on the window
Watching evergreen bend in the snow
Remembering Christmas the way it had been
So many seasons ago.

When children would reach for their stockings
And open the presents they found
The lights on the tree would shine bright in their eyes
Reflecting the love all around.

This year there’s no one to open the gifts
No reason for trimming the tree
And just as a tear made it’s way to the floor
She heard voices outside start to sing.

Merry Christmas to all who may dwell here
Merry Christmas if even just one
May the joy of the season surround you
Merry Christmas with love.

Carolers sang as she opened the door
Faces of friends in the crowd
And all of the shadows of lonely reminders
Driven away by the sound.

Now the heart that for years had been silent
Was suddenly filled with a song
As she clung to their hands like a child in the night
She found her self singing along.

Merry Christmas to all who may dwell here
Merry Christmas if even just one
May the joy of the season surround you
Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all who may dwell here
Merry Christmas if even just one
May the joy of the season surround you
Merry Christmas with love

CLAY AIKEN – Measure Of A Man

If one day you discover him
Broken down he’s lost everything
No cars, no fancy clothes to make him who he’s not
The woman at his side is all that he has got
Why do you ask him move heaven and earth
To prove his love has worth?

Would he walk on water
Would he run through fire
Would he stand before you
When it’s down to the wire
Would he give his life up
To be all he can
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

If by chance all he had to give you
Was three words wrapped around your finger
Would that be deep enough at the end of every day
And how will you ever know
If a man is what he says?

Why do you ask him to move heaven and earth
To prove his love has worth
Would he walk on water
Would he run through fire
Would he stand before you
When it’s down to the wire
Would he give his life up to be all he can
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

He never gives up
Lets go of his dream
His world goes around for his one true belief
Is that how you know
Is that what it means?

Would he walk on water
Would he run through fire
Would he stand before you
Would he will be your anchor when the dark unfolds
Would he always love you the best that he knows?

Would he give his life up
To be all that he can
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

Would he walk on water
Would he run through fire
Would he stand before you
When it’s down to the wire
Would he give his life up
To be all he can

Is that, is that, is that, how you measure oh…

Is that, is that, is that, how you measure a man?

CLAY AIKEN – Mary Did You Know

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?

Mary did you know.. Ooo Ooo Ooo

The blind will see.
The deaf will hear.
The dead will live again.
The lame will leap.
The dumb will speak
The praises of The Lamb.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy is heaven’s perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you’re holding is the Great, I Am.

CLAY AIKEN – Mack The Knife

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack knife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it out of sight

When the shark bites with those teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears old MacHeath, babe
So there’s never, never a trace of red

On the sidewalk some Sunday morning
Lies a body just oozin’ life
Someone’s sneakin’ ’round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?

From a tugboat, down by the river goin’ slow
A cement bag is drooppin’ on down
That cement’s there for the weight, dear
Five will get you ten, old Macky’s back in town

Oh, Louie Miller, he disappeared, baby
After drawin’ out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy’s done somethin’ rash?

Jenny Diver and Sukey Tawdry
Look out, Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town

I said, “Jenny Diver, oh, Sukey Tawdry
Look out to Lotte Lenya, old Lucy Brown
You better lock your doors and call the Lord, babe
Because Macky is back in town

CLAY AIKEN – Lover All Alone

Maybe I’ve convinced myself
I’ve really been in love
And I’ve been wrong all along
For all I know the feeling
And the picture that I’ve tried
So hard to find isn’t mine

Could be its all just a waiting game
Wanna share my everything

And on my own
It’s hard to tell my heart it will be alright
This love it holds will one day find a home
As hard as love can be
It’s harder still it seems
To be a lover all alone without love

Picking up the pieces makes me wonder if
I only build it all to watch it fall
The faster it can go away it means the less of me
Is gone to stay and I’m ok

But lonesome tomorrow comes anyway
I’m alone for another day,
Another day

And on my own
It’s hard to tell my heart it will be alright
That this love it holds will one day find a home
As hard as love can be
It’s harder still it seems
To be a lover all alone without love

And on my own
It’s hard to tell my heart it will be alright
That this love it holds will one day find a home
As hard as love can be
It’s harder still it seems
To be a lover all alone without love
A lover all alone without love

Maybe I’ve convinced myself
I’ve really been in love
But I’ve been wrong all along

CLAY AIKEN – Lonely No More

Another dream, another day
I’ve seen too many fade away
So if you wonder how to make it right
Give me everything, everything tonight

Cause I don’t want to be lonely no more
I don’t want to feel empty no more
Only you could unbreak this heartache I’ve carried around
Don’t wanna be lonely no more, no more

Take me in, take me home
I can’t stand to be alone
Help me paint the picture of my life
Don’t you disappear and leave me here tonight

Cause [sung with background vocals] I don’t want to be lonely no more
I don’t want to feel empty no more
Only you could unbreak this heartache I’ve carried around
Don’t wanna be lonely no more, no more [end background vocals]

Can’t make no sense of life ([background vocals:] Make no sense of life)
No matter how I try
Cause something’s missing in my heart, tonight.

[sung with background vocals] I don’t want to be lonely no more
I don’t want to feel ([overlap:] I don’t wanna be lonely) empty no more
Only you could unbreak this heartache I’ve carried around
Don’t wanna be lonely no more….no more

I don’t wanna be lonely no more
I don’t want to be empty no more
And only you could unbreak this heartache I’ve carried around
Don’t wanna be lonely no more…no more….no more

CLAY AIKEN – Joy To The World

Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing

Joy to the earth
The Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods
Rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

No more let sins and sorrows reign,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessing flow
For as the curse is found,
For as the curse is found,
For as, for as the curse is found.

He rules the world
With truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, and wonders of His love
And wonders, and wonders of His love