My Lyrical Work

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Bluffton
Justin Shaffer

They were high-school heroes
All-State players
Always led their teams
In the Lord’s Prayer

And how does their Lord
The Almighty, repay them?
He leaves them for dead
On a bus in Atlanta

(Chorus)
They say that good things
Happen to those that pray
But how can that be
With what happened that day?
It just goes to show
When you ask for his grace
You can pray all you want
Doesn’t mean that you’re safe

They say they were lucky
To survive like they did
The same can’t be said
For those that are dead

But if they were lucky
They’d be happy like us
Instead of wishing
They weren’t on that bus

(Chorus)

It seems to me
Life’s pretty damn cruel
You can say it’s all planned
But don’t be a fool
And remember to live
Your life day-by-day
’Cause the end ain’t close
But it ain’t far away

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Adrian
Justin Shaffer

A boy just sixteen
Stands in a parking lot
Over the body of some kid
He’d just shot
When he realizes
He’s still holding the gun
He throws it in a dumpster
And starts to run

(Chorus)
(Adrian) Your curtain’s falling way too fast
(Adrian) So much future, so little past
(Adrian) How can the scene already be done
(Adrian) When the show’s only just begun?

His feet keep running
But he’s not sure where
He can’t go home
There’s nobody there
Who will protect him
For what he has done
His fear still growing
He continues to run

He stops running
Though he doesn’t know why
He sits on the sidewalk
And starts to cry
Tired of life
As a thug on the street
He thinks his life over
As he sits there and weeps

(Chorus)

He can’t stop thinking
About the kid that’s dead
Thoughts of guilt
Run through his head
He could’ve been
Somebody’s brother
Probably the son
Of a caring mother

And now he’s done
This is the end
Of somebody’s life
Of somebody’s friend
He finally realizes
That he can’t win
So Adrian goes
To turn himself in

(Chorus)

Now he’s in jail
Where he’ll probably rot
Where his life and his cell
Is all that he’s got
Do you think the worst taste
That could ever be tasted
Is the taste of a good life
Gone wasted?

(Chorus x2)

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The Wait
Justin Shaffer

I lie awake and think of you
And all the things that we could do
And when I finally drift to sleep
It's you that I see in my dreams

(Chorus)
I don't know who you are
I don't know where you are
I don't know what you are
But I know that you are
I don't know why I haven't found you yet
But I'll keep looking, that much you can bet

(Chorus)

I know that I can't have you now
But we'll find each other, some way, somehow
I know that we'll meet someday
But I'll keep living along the way

(Chorus x2)

(Chorus x2)

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What It's About
Justin Shaffer

He was sitting on a park bench in New York
Watching as the children played
Thinking of his life and of Heaven
And of how maybe it's not so far away

He pulled the razor out of his pocket
His life was getting worse by the day
But just as he'd gained the courage to do it
A girl's reflection shone in the blade

She said, "What ya doing there, mister?
Don't you know that thing's not a toy?
You could really hurt somebody
What would your mother say?"

Stunned, he just sat there in silence
And watched as the girl ran away
He hadn't thought at all of his mother
He couldn't imagine what she'd have said

Did this girl know he was in trouble?
Or was she some kind of sign from above?
Because of her he put down the razor
To live for the ones he loved

Sometimes this world seems so crazy
That there's no way out
But life is always worth living
If you know what it's about

It's not about war, greed, or power
Or how much oil is burned
It's about the people who love you
And the ones you love in return