RAIDER said:
Great! I forgot about the length of that song.
All of a sudden, Mathew, I can hear someone from the stage yelling, "Hacker Nation, what song do you want to hear?"
DONE
A long long time ago
I can still remember how
That Preacher used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
I could take a Biblical stance
And maybe they'd be HACker’s for a while
But February 6th made me shiver
With every flyer I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day Jack Hyles died
So…Bye, bye you HACker guys
Rode my route with my doubt and I asked God why
Them Bible club guys all had smirking sighs
Singin' this'll be the day that Jack died
This'll be the day that Jack died[/quote]
Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in damage control?
Can music help you lose control?
And can you teach me how to meet the status quo?
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you starin’ in the gym
You both really want to choose
Man, I dig those new tattoos
I was a lonely teenage HB punk
Who got salvation but I listened to funk
But I knew I was probably stuck
The day Jack Hyles died
I started singin'
Bye, bye you HACker guys
Rode my route with my doubt and I asked God why
Them Bible club guys all had smirking sighs
Singin' this'll be the day that Jack died
This'll be the day that Jack died
Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And Jack Schaap is not a Hyles clone
But, that's not how it used to be
When the jester preached you need to live clean
With a sermon he borrowed, it was obscene
The alumni were parted like the Red Sea
Oh and while Lapina was looking down
A sixteen year old was sent across town
The deacons were unconcerned
And Jack’s love it got spurned
And while Chappell read the book of Hyles
The HACkers turned into narcs
And we preached sermons in the dark
The day Jack Hyles died
We were singin'
Bye, bye you HACker guys
Rode my route with my doubt and I asked God why
Them Bible club guys all had smirking sighs
Singin' this'll be the day that Jack died
This'll be the day that Jack died
Wilkerson became the new pastor
We were grieving for the Old Master
While Bob Gray was falling fast
It’s not like he has any new thought
And the HACkers seemed so distraught
With the Schaapster in a jail cell living in the past
Now the bus routes smell like sweet perfume
While HACkers still have messy rooms
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the free-birds tried to take the church
The HACker guys did a search
Do you recall what was revealed
The day Jack Hyles died?
We started singin'
Bye, bye you HACker guys
Rode my route with my doubt and I asked God why
Them Bible club guys all had smirking sighs
Singin' this'll be the day that Jack died
This'll be the day that Jack died
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A HACker nation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Schaap used his candlestick
'Cause underage sex is the devil's only friend
Oh and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No preacher born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day Jack Hyles died
He was singin'
Bye, bye you HACker guys
Rode my route with my doubt and I asked God why
Them Bible club guys all had smirking sighs
Singin' this'll be the day that Jack died
This'll be the day that Jack died
I met a girl who had the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the church book store
Where I'd heard Jack Hyles years before
But the man there said his sermons wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The HACkers cried, and the punks dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for West Coast
The day Jack Hyles died
And they were singing
Bye, bye you HACker guys
Rode my route with my doubt and I asked God why
Them Bible club guys all had smirking sighs
Singin' this'll be the day that Jack died
This'll be the day that Jack died
Bye, bye you HACker guys
Rode my route with my doubt and I asked God why
Them Bible club guys all had smirking sighs
Singin' this'll be the day that Jack died
This'll be the day that Jack died
Now to get Don to re-record it
