David Kenney

Lord, help me to find a healthy identity

A me that reflects you

I don’t have to be a hero

I don’t have to be a clown

Erase my self

Erase myself

loathing

and give me wings

I know that prayer is fleeting in my life

but so is humility

humble me, God

take away vanity

my anger

my self worth

my self importance

bend me

to use me

so others approach me

and give me wings

Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

Can all your plans?

weight loss?

get rich quick schemes?

401k?

the sweat from your brow?

the blood on his?

what will stress bring you today?

or one more push up?

or one more dollar?

become one less

become one less

I have buried you under books

I look for your heart, but I cover you with more pages

Father, I long for your everything…

Help me to discover and uncover you

I need to get away more

to nurture the relationship

with Joanna

with God

I need to tune off my dialogue more

with music

with silence

I have always wanted to be a man of God, but have I pursued what it means to be a follower of Christ? I read and study and listen to my inner dialogue but do I enjoy and worship and dance in the wind? The sparrow finds joy in being a sparrow…in simply being…and they dance on the wind.

The wind helps the grass to breathe and the wind pushes the dragonfly and cradles the blown leaf. The wind moves and I must be a leaf on the wind.

Do I want to be a teacher, or do I want to be a learner? Do I want to be a leader or do I want to be a follower? Right now I move in traffic. I move in quarters and seasons. I move with the pack, I trudge with the masses but I want to learn to dance with God on the wind of his will.

Billy Joe McGuffrey
Chris Rice

(note: when singing the chorus: clap the number of times the grade Billy Joe is in)

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the First aid of first grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He tripped over a pencil box, flew up in the air
Landed on a kangaroo who pulled out all his hair

First aid in the first grade
First aid in the first grade
First aid in the first grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the second day of second grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He slipped on a banana peel, flew up in the sky
Landed on a chimpanzee who poked him in the eye

First aid in the second grade
First aid in the second grade
First aid in the second grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the third day of third grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He fell out of a fishing boat, splashed into the sea
Landed on a moray eel who bit him on the knee

First aid in the third grade
First aid in the third grade
First aid in the third grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the fourth day of fourth grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He went out on a tadpole hunt, slipped into the creek
Landed on a large mouth bass who bit him on the cheek

First aid in the fourth grade
First aid in the fourth grade
First aid in the fourth grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the fifth day of fifth grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He went into the garden shop looking for a rose
Sniffed a baby’s breath and got a bee caught up his nose

First aid in the fifth grade
First aid in the fifth grade
First aid in the fifth grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the sixth day of sixth grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He went out on a field trip, the first one of the year
Backed into a sabertooth and pierced both of his ears

First aid in the sixth grade
First aid in the sixth grade
First aid in the sixth grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the seventh day of seventh grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He tried out for the talent show to show how well he sung
Cracked a grin, a wasp flew in, and stung him on the tongue

First aid in the seventh grade
First aid in the seventh grade
First aid in the seventh grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the eighth day of eighth grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He tried to play some basketball went up for a dunk
Landed in the bushes and got squirted by a skunk

First aid in the eighth grade
First aid in the eighth grade
First aid in the eighth grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the ninth day of ninth grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He fed the pigs on grandma’s farm, two piglets and a sow
Slipped on their slop and then got stepped on by a cow

First aid in the ninth grade
First aid in the ninth grade
First aid in the ninth grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the tenth day of tenth grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He went out on some water skis and hit a sunken log
Wiped out all the lily pads, got spit on by a frog

First aid in the tenth grade
First aid in the tenth grade
First aid in the tenth grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the eleventh day of eleventh grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He swept and missed an alley cat while taking driver’s ed
Ran into a tree and bumped the dashboard with his head

First aid in the eleventh grade
First aid in the eleventh grade
First aid in the eleventh grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid

Now… Billy Joe McGuffrey was a really clumsy kid
On the twelfth day of twelfth grade, I’ll tell you what he did
He walked into financial aid, fell and broke a bone
Showed them all his bills and got a great big college loan

First aid in the twelfth grade
First aid in the twelfth grade
First aid in the twelfth grade
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid
You could buy a zoo with all the doctor bills he paid!