Don Livingston

Chorus

First in, first out
that's the way it's going to be
I ain't taking in seconds
Till the first one leaves
Call me old fashioned
I prefer to be true
I ain't missing out on nothing
By not messing around with you

Verse 1

She's been my beacon
She's my guiding light
I can tell she really loves me
cause she shines so bright
She makes me happy
when I'm feeling blue
I ain't missing out on nothing
By not messing around with you

Chorus 2

First in, first out
That's the way it's going to be
It's the rule I live by
So, don't be tempting me
Just say your goodbyes
I'll hold the door
First in, first out
She's the one I'm living for

Instrumental

Verse 2

You can keep your good looks
and save the charm
They're not going to work here
They can do no harm
Just stop your begging
I'm staying true
First in, first out
I ain't messing around with you

Repeat chorus 1

“Building Castles in the sky”

Verse 1

Reflections in a broken mirror
Her life’s a tattered veil
Revealing all the heartache
Oh, the stories she could tell

But she keeps them locked inside herself
She’s thrown away the key
Now she spends her time daydreaming
Of how her life could be

Chorus

She’s sleeping in the clouds
building castles in the sky
Dreaming of a better place
just to feel alive

She’s grown weary of reality
it shows in her eyes
She’s been sleeping in the clouds
building castles in the sky

Verse 2

Dreams run through her mind
Like movies on the silver screen
Fantasies and romance
and everything between

She’s been dreaming of a garden
Where heartbreaks never sowed
Love and satisfaction
are the only seeds that grow

Chorus

Yes, she’s sleeping in the clouds
building castles in the sky
Dreaming of a better place
just to feel alive

She’s grown weary of reality
it shows in her eyes
She’s been sleeping in the clouds
building castles in the sky

Verse 3

Don’t wake her from her dreamin’
It’s all the lady has
She has no one to love her
And it helps the time to pass

Let her daydream all she wants
If it puts her up on high
Let her find her joy in living
Building castles in the sky

Chorus

She’s sleeping in the clouds
building castles in the sky
Dreaming of a better place
just to feel alive

She’s grown weary of reality
it shows in her eyes
She’s been sleeping in the clouds
building castles in the sky

My Grace is Sufficient


Verse 1


If I should boast in my weakness
Would you say it was a sin?
Would you close the doors of heaven
And refuse to let me in?

Or would your mercy be upon me
Through the blood that you once shed?
Would I be a child of God
With a crown upon my head?


Chorus


He said, my grace is sufficient
Even for a man like you
My power is perfected
In the weakness you go through

Let my spirit rest upon you
Call my name when your in need
Yes, my grace is sufficient
You can put your trust in me


Verse 2


I don’t do the things I want
I do the things that I hate
It’s the sin that lives within me
How I pray it’s not too late

This ol’ man will cease to be
And the new will come to life
Lord I pray to be a free man
From the sin and from the strife


Chorus


He said, My grace is sufficient
Even for a man like you
My power is perfected
In the weakness you go through

Let my spirit rest upon you
Call my name when your in need
Yes, my grace is sufficient
You can put your trust in me


Verse 3


My light is growing dim now
My wandering almost done
I’ve made my peace with Jesus
The race almost won

I’ve confessed and accepted
and now I do believe
The power of the Lamb
And the words he said to me


Chorus


He said, my grace is sufficient
Even for a man like you
My power is perfected
In the weakness you go through

Let my spirit rest upon you
Call my name when your in need
Yes, my grace is sufficient
You can put your trust in me

Write me a song
two minutes long
that's about as long as our love lasted
Write down a verse
about a love that was cursed
and how she used up what I had
without askin'

So much for trust
our love went bust
then she walked out of my door
She left me alone
in this big ol' home
she won't be comin' 'round no more

Yeah, write me a song
'bout how she did me wrong
how she broke my heart
with her lyin'
Tell all the world
she's that type of girl
she'll leave you busted up and cryin'

That ring on her hand
was nothin' but a band
of gold to feed her greed
it's probably long gone
somewhere in pawn
that's just about guaranteed

Yeah, write me a song
two minutes long
that's about as long as our love lasted
make my story rhyme
in this amount of time
my friend that's all I'm askin'

It shouldn't take long
to spell it out in song
how she was gone with the wind
How she stole my heart
from the very start
and how the pain
will never end