Join us this Sunday, September 3, 2027
A World that Makes it Up as It Goes Along
Life tinkers; life is playful and creative; life is exploratory and messy. Why do we expect human systems to be any different?
By Rev. Sarah Prickett
With music by Molli McMills, Willie B, and Friends
The Friends:
Craig Boeker
Trevor Stout
Frank Imburgio
Rusty Rhoad
Lyrics
SO FAR OUT (I FIT IN) – Molli McMills & Willie B
I was big when I was little, but I grew up to be short
I’m oddly normal for a weirdo, and pretty cool, for a dork
I sing high when I am low, til my down is up again
I’m with me everywhere I go, I’m so far out that I fit in.
I get busy being lazy, and I’m quick to be slow
In the past I feared the future, I had to stop and let it go
I’m over feeling under, this is now and that was then
Like a rainbow with the thunder, I’m so far out that I fit in.
I’m me, I’m a paradox I’m free when I’m outside the box
An introverted extrovert, alone in a crowd
I’m polite if you’re rude, but my silence is loud
Like a horse with all the zebras I was missing my stripes
Then I found my kind of creatures, far enough left to be right
Now we’re far apart together, here alone with all my friends
Strange birds, familiar feathers,
I’m so far out, I’m so far out,
I’m so far out that I fit in.
LIFE IN EVERY BREATH – Willie B and Molli McMills
I feel stressed, Isolated loneliness, an emptiness, all alone in the wilderness
Planted some seeds, thinking about my growing needs
Thought a garden might be the thing to help me breathe
Times stalling been crawling, too long in this house
Like a freak, an antique, an old creep, fresh air is what I need in depth
Let it out, pull it in, pull it in to my chest
Searching for life, Searching for life, Searching for life in every breath
Without family and friends this narrow path ends—it spinsI I feel like ragged fringe
Cut off from the world with the fake news blues but I paid my dues and I want my life
I work to hard for just a taste, such a waste, a boring Facebook version of a copy and paste
I confess right now I feel compressed distressed
Let it out, Pull it in, Pull it into my chest
Searching for Life, Searching for Life, Searching for Life in Every Breath
Bare feet on the grass as my skin feels and I begin to heal
Legs crossed right over left I lift my hands way up on over my head
Stay so still as the world fly’s past, at last
There is Life, There is Life, There is Life in Every Breath.
Let it out, pull it in, so simple, do it again
Let it out, pull it in over and over again, again
There is Life. There is Life. There is Life in Every Breath,
Life In Every Breath, Life In Every Breath, Life In Every Breath.
HALLELUJAH, Leonard Cohen
Now I heard there was a secret chord
that David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music do ya
It goes like this the fourth the fifth; the minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof,
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to a kitchen chair;
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Instrumental
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn’t much; I couldn’t feel, so I learned to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come all this way to fool you
Yeah and even though it all went wrong
I’ll stand right here before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, Steelers Wheel
Well I don’t know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain’t right,
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you,
And I’m wondering what it is I should do,
It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face,
Losing control, yeah, I’m all over the place,
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Well you started out with nothing,
And you’re proud that you’re a self-made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin, Slap you on the back and say,
Please…. Please…..
Trying to make some sense of it all,
But I can see that it makes no sense at all,
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor,
‘Cause I don’t think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Interlude
Well you started out with nothing,
And you’re proud that you’re a self-made man,
And your friends, they all come crawlin, Slap you on the back and say,
Please…. Please…..
Well I don’t know why I came here tonight,
I got the feeling that something ain’t right,
I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair,
And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs,
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right,
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Yes I’m stuck in the middle with you,
Stuck in the middle with you,
Here I am, Stuck in the middle with you.