Some Kind of Zombie lyrics

Twenty years ago I watched in awe
as my Dad drove up the driveway.
More than proud to have a brand new family car.
Thirty miles to the gallon
0 to 60, sometimes.
I remember putting down the back seat
and lying in the hatchback.
Looking at the sky watching trees go by.
I was the son of a preacher
and he was a rich poor man

no a.c.
and no FM
and no regrets
in my Chevette
yeah
in my chevette

Never been accused, or been confused
with a model on a cover page.
Never could've been a superstar in
the NBA.
Can't run that fast, never could
breakdance, can't jump a building in
a single bound.
Anticipate, can't wait till I hear that
sound.

The sky splits, I'm moving, I let it
freely take me.
This must be the moment, God picked
to rearrange me.

You and I, want a new body.

I must have been confused or vain
To let this evil in my brain
Lord did I enjoy the change
That you made inside my heart
Oh here they come
But I'm not afraid
There's no temptation I can't evade
Stand up straight
Look through the haze
I begin to walk through the maze
Here they come
They're all up on me
But I'm dead to sin like
Some kind of zombie
(Chorus)
I hear you speak and I obey

Now my heart and mind agree
a super natural selected me
I see a plan so grandiose
my very own Galapagos
God laid down and he began to trace
an image that he could embrace
then He smiled down on His plan
and from the dust He made a man

I'm an original species
more enlightened than Nietzshe
I'm sure you'd like to meet me
'cause I am loved
by the maker who's so clever
I was made to live forever

I could tell you a story of shame
I could talk for hours on how we became
a flower that bloomed in one day.
The next day our glory faded away.
Divided by hostilities,
hung up on issues, we disagree.
A body that's been torn apart.
We're still a body with a healthy heart.

People like me, persons like you.
We want to be, closer to God.
Closer to free.
All you people like me.

14 kids in an old
church van
With a light in their
eyes and some
tracts in their
hands
60 mph feels way to
slow
when you got the
chevy pointed down
to Mexico
(Chorus)
We all want to run
the race to win
never giving up or
giving in
coming at you like a
blitz

they've had three
flats, and their
radiator's leaking
ain't nothing gonna
keep'em from the
prize that they're
seeking
they're riding all

Bouncing like a buoy
drifting on the water
Singletary solitute man begins to holler
he says man overboard
I jump ship on the trip
it was a worldwide cruise
trading riches for some fishes
I've got nothing more to lose
I'm a man overboard
I'm a man overboard

If it wasn't for the lighthouse
where would my life be?
On a trip bound for nowhere
on a unforgiving sea
I thank God for the light

Have I become, a target that some people
can't resist?
My flaws have become a greater risk
If my name is a synonym to love and
happiness then why am I bombarded
with distress?
My old friends, haven't seen them since I
don't know when
But I can send them a signed 8 by 10
My sweetheart, she understands why I'm away
but still it gets harder every day

But it's my delight, to sing all night

All around the world people are trying.
Deserted souls cry to be filled.
Spirits left undone their hearts are hollow.
I can see, in their eyes, hollow lives.

And every heart, and every soul
and everybody's got a God-shaped hole.

You may have tried to fill that hole inside
with an empty hand you reached in vain.
Substitutes don't work, bandages only hurt.

You're like a lonely statue
the wind and rain comes at you
You'll stand and take your chances
against the world's advances
you rely on a flimsy virtue
no man can stand alone

Does it offend you
that I got a friend who
knows what you've been through
and says that he loves you?

I want to sing his name
of how he became
Jesus the friend of mine

How long will you be posin'