[Intro - spoken skit, beat low] [Cuzer: little boy voice, spoken] Is this thing on? Rocky said don't touch the buttons. I touched the buttons. [Agape: pitched-up chipmunk helium voice, spoken] Hi hi hi! I'm Agape! Love with no cover charge! [Cuzer: little boy voice, spoken] Tonight's sponsors are all dead. They said hi. Just kidding. They didn't say anything. That's the rule. [Agape: pitched-up chipmunk helium voice, spoken] Start the music! Start the music! [Verse 1 - adult male lead, sung] Broadcasting live from my daddy's garage Extension cord, a prayer, and a secondhand sub Got schoolteachers and ironmen up in my blood So I come by the lecture and the fire with love [Verse 2 - adult male lead, sung] My sponsors tonight have all gone on ahead Never miss a show, never leave me on read I don't talk to the dead, now, let's get that straight But my engines keep humming something back at the gate [Pre-Chorus - adult male lead, sung] And the living got a clipboard and a worried look They'll come around, it's all in the book [Cuzer: little boy voice, spoken] Hi Grandma on Facebook. He's fine. Mostly. [Chorus - drop, full group vocal] Gate's open, gate's open Only two rules, and I ain't joking Tell the truth, bring your heart, even broken Gate's open, gate's open [Break - spoken skit, kick and banjo only] [Cuzer: little boy voice, spoken] Do I gotta be good to come in? [Agape: pitched-up chipmunk helium voice, spoken] Nope! Just honest! [Cuzer: little boy voice, spoken] Oh good. 'Cause I ate the last popsicle. [Agape: pitched-up chipmunk helium voice, spoken] See? Truth! You're in! Boing! [Verse 3 - adult male lead, sung] Love came for me in the middle of the night For some it's a counselor in fluorescent light No thunder, no mystery, just a chair and a door It comes how it comes, that's what it's for [Verse 4 - adult male lead, sung] This one's for the boys who got lost in the party Knocked on every door and heard "sorry, not sorry" You don't have to be sober to say what's true Every part gets adopted, the whole of you [Bridge - half-time, spoken over pads] [Agape: pitched-up chipmunk helium voice, spoken] I don't check sobriety at the door. I check hearts! Yours is in there. I heard it! Thump thump! [Cuzer: little boy voice, spoken] All faiths. No cover. Stay or go. But we got snacks. [Agape: pitched-up chipmunk helium voice, spoken] We do not have snacks. [Cuzer: little boy voice, spoken] We got truth. That's kind of a snack. [Final Chorus - drop, full group vocal] Gate's open, gate's open Tell the truth, bring your heart, even broken Cloud of Witnesses, ancestors posted Gate's open, gate's open [Outro] [Cuzer: little boy voice, spoken] Rocky. I touched the buttons again. [End]
