Five Iron Frenzy (also known as Five Iron or FIF) was a Christian ska band formed in Denver Denver, Colorado , Colorado in 1995 and disbanded in 2003.
The band's music was most heavily influenced by ska and punk rock, but their influences also include heavy metal heavy metal music . Their songs often include salsa-style shouting, sophisticated literary and music references, and elaborate trombone solos. The band was signed to 5 Minute... [read more] - On Distant Shores
I have been scarred so deep by life and cold despair, and brittle bones were broken far beyond repair. I have leveled lies so deep, the truth may never find. And inside my faithless heart, I stole things never mine....
- It Was Beautiful
We flew over Alaska; we saw the frozen mountains pierce the clouds. It was beautiful. We felt the waves of New Zealand; the water shimmered beneath a moonlight shroud. It was beautiful. Close to home in an ordinary...
- Something Like Laughter
People say they know a girl who's lost her way, she's always angry. No one bothers to ask her what she hears or what she hopes for. The air is cold, she lives alone and tires of being her only provider, she can't...
- New Years Eve
It's New Years Eve and I'm full of empty promises, I half pretend to keep this time, just like last year. The band is loud and I'm wandering the shadows, wishing I was never here. I persevere. A crowded room, these...
- So Far So Bad
We thought we'd write a song about all of the problems inherent in the industry, it was going to be an exposé written in unblemished symmetry. We were going to have our glorious exit, an admonition and an encore, we...
- Wizard Needs Food Badly
I know that you're probably mad at me. I've come to expect that. You know that you'll never have all of me, you've come to resent that. You say "tomato", I say "video games", you're acting so solemn. You'll take the...
- Farewell To Arms
You said, "Down with the church", with your fists up in the air, all the rancor and the hate, yeah we saw your frigid stare. You hate Christianity, but love your animosity, it's the church who's getting rotten, yet...
- See The Flames Begin To Rise
I've got pocketfuls of crumpled receipts, just about enough to start a fire. I'll watch the past just burn away. Put the mic stand through the amplifier. Put the bass down, bass down, one time, snap the neck now. Drum...
- That's How The Story Ends
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping. Long ago I heard that sound, often lost, but seldom found, a haunting voice from minutes past,...
- Dog Food
When I was young, in the good old days on the farmAll I ate was dog foodAll the poor dogs whimper and they would yelp as I smiled and chewedChorusDog food! A whole meal for a nickelDog food! On some bread with a...
- Banner Year
A banner year 1864, don'tlike the red man anymore,can't have them taking upgood land. Give them a token flag, trade pipes andshake some hands, tell themthe white stripes stand forpeace. Say if they raise red white and...
- Distant Shores
I have been scarred so deep by life and cold despair, and brittle bones were broken far beyond repair. I have leveled lies so deep, the truth may never find. And inside my faithless heart, I stole things never mine.If...
- A Flower Song
Beautiful day, wonderful feelingI feel like singingPsalms meaning songs,Singing praises all day longJoy fills the weakJoy makes us strongFilled 'till we burstSongs of praiseTo the God of the universe.Despite our...
- All That Goes
Where does the misunderstanding come from?Demanding that we be outstanding and then some?Perfection never was a requirment although some might sayWe desired itSo then for times when things get old I might get cynicalI...
- Cool Enough For You
What could this be, too muchMTV? Chalk another fad up forits fall into infamy. WhatÂ’s in a standard if it changes all the time? YouÂ’re still having trouble in defining your own kind. Need I remind you, we all knew...
- Everywhere I Go
I was wasting time Oh so sure to find somebody who'll Never go How could I know None I'd found was true None could be but you The only one love divine My heart, my mind are yoursEverywhere I go I see your face through...
- Blue Mix
In simple English, this is truthso see if this makes sense to youunder the guise of Jesus Christbeneath the vibe and all the lightsthey lie, these spiescovered, your eyesI never knew this was a contestI guess we lost...
- Anchors Away
An idea dies, in the same slight wayThat we lose track of the factsSlowly, unseen, slipping silentlyThrough some fabricated cracksAnd now the freedom of the pressHas turned to freedom to impressPerfect hair, sells...
- American Kryptonite
he is the icon of our times, solution to our modern crimes.his trigger finger clicks remotes, as carbohydrates slowly bloat.not fragile, or brittle. he's seeking an acquittal.no scruples, no meekness, he has but one...
- Anthem
A nation stands with heart in handTo sing their anthem proudlyVoices raised to sing their praiseOf their hollow countryAll this talk of freedomAnd some talk of libertyFrom your plastic podiumYou try and convince meI...
- Oh, Canada
Welcome to Canada, it's the Maple Leaf State.Canada, oh Canada it's great!The people are nice and they speak French too.If you don't like it, man, you sniff glue.The Great White North, their kilts are plaid,Hosers...
- Dandelions
in a field of yellow flowersunderneath the sunbluest eyes that spark with lightningboy with shoes undonehe is young, so full of hopereveling in tiny dreamsfilling up his arms with flowersright for giving any...
- Blus Comb '78
Summer of 1978. My sister andI in the backseat just wait.We pass the time by makinglines on the seat that wecan't cross, a thin line likedental floss. She threw mynew blue comb out thewindow, somehwere on I-70.Dad...
- Amalgamate
You've got a couse now, I heard your braggin'Always the fastest one on the bandwagon.So sit down and I'll tell you, what I am feeling, what I am feelingFor lack of better words you are stealing, you are stealing,All...
- Cannonball
wind passes right through my skin as i fall down, this furious speed will only destroy me..crippling and defastating momentum, approaching maximum velocity.and this is how it's going to be, the point of it all, 'cause...
- All The Hype
In the beginning was the hype,the loud fanfare as I grabbed the mic.Suckah M.C.'s stepped with no clout,don't quit your day job or your paper route.Fantastic and so spastic,dope drop rhymes like sonic booms,that's the...
- Beautiful America
The man on the television said Ineed to drink this, and sleep with that, in order to be cool. And you know that I would do almost anything, to be like that guy on TV. I know that if I had just the right outfit and a...
- A New Hope
Amy's going back to school today,elation, jubilation streams from her face.Did the halls smell of gunpowder still?What made the human mind dark enough to kill?A new hope,where is your freedom?A new hope,cast off your...
- Arnold And Willis And Mr. Drumondd
Straight from the ghetto streets ofHarlem, came two brothers Willis and Arnold, black goldfish swims in the bowl, he's three feet high, four with the afro. Stealing cookies from the jar, droppin' water balloons on...
- Car
Imagine you heldso tight your best friendleft him to flyand never could reach himStanding at the peak where two waves meetAre you just behind the other side of music?Peering like a flower never taught to growSomeone...
- Canada Song
Welcome to Canada it's maple leaf stateCanada O Canada It's greatThe people are nice and they speak French tooIf you don't like it man you sniff glueThe great white north their kilts are plaidhosers take off it's not...
- Burn
i see a city on a hill, i see the only way to be filled,mighty rushing wind around us, Holy Spirit burn within usBurn. burn. burnwithin us, within usspirit of truth,my eyes deceive me,teach me how to see,ears cannot...
- At Least I'm Not Like All Those Other Old Guys
i'm twenty-nine years old, still wearing the wallet chain, like i was twenty-eight.i'm wearing my vans right now, so high school kids will think that i can skate.i've got a degree in science, yet shaking my fists in...
- Eulogy
Todayall the sources would agreethat the day of their death was a cold dark dayScuttledships have blocked the seaand the pallid light of morning melts into an ashy grayAnd goodbye to everything sayonara everyonethey...
- Every New Day
When I was young, the smallest trick of lightCould catch my eyeThen life was new and every new dayI thought that I could flyI believed in what I hoped for,And I hoped in things unseenI had wings and dreams could...
- Combat Chuck
A real life superhero. He's gotthe Holy Ghost. He's either praising Jesus, or he's making toast. Ain't got no superpowers, ain't got no giant brain, but he would try and help you, if he heard you call his name....
- Litmus
Disturbed by the words and the message that they sent.There's a hundred other uses for breath better spent.Forming the template,for how the band should be,Devising and scheming someone else's ministry.What were the...
- Second Season
I wonder if these minutes were my last,If I should start to feast or start to fast.Would I pray or would I curse,Hope for good or something worse?What emotion would I feel?Would I run or would I kneel?Time is winding...
- Handbook For The Sellout
You found a way to draw a line,between the world and you.Faking your idenity it's true.Did you think the word "alternative",was only meant for the likes of you?Do you think that they're too cool now?Being popular is...
- Blue Comb '78
Summer of 1978,My sister and I in the back seat just wait.We pass the time by making lines in the seat that we can't cross,A thin line like dental floss.She threw my new blue comb out the window,somewhere on I-70.Dad...
- Where Is Micah
It's five minutes from the show,so where the heck did Micah go?I don't know, he's not around.I didn't hear him make a sound.His wherabouts we could not find.I think we left him behind.Have you seen him?Micah,where did...
- Superpowers
Bacon bits and jalapenos on my polish hot dog.half a pound of potato chips,and a beef jerky log.I press my face to the window,a wrapper sticks to my shirt.Eight people in a stinky van,a couple more couldn't hurt.Eat...
- Most Likely To Succeed
Does it really matter how far you go?Can you get some sleep now,standing on so many toes?Do what you do when you say what you want to say,With or without regard for me.Scheme what you scheme when you're thinking of...
- Suckerpunch
Coke bottle glasses,I'm sitting in the corner with my finger up my nose,And my shoelaces untied again,Another day of school with no friends.A social outcast,Two grades ahead in math,with my highwater pants,Giving...
- Kitty Doggy
Hi, and welcome to our practice, kids.Five Iron Frenzy, thanks a lot.Kitty Doggy, you're the one,You're the one I want for today.Yeah, I need you Kitty Doggy.Yeah, I love you.You're my Kitty, you're my Doggy,You're my...
- Fahrenheit
Flash Gordon soundtrack,I was in second grade.My first real record, yeah,worn down it played and played.Young and blind,my double mind.When the world was black and white,watch me turn my back tonight,on Freddie...
- It's Not Unusual
It's not unusual to be loved by anyoneIt's not unusual to have fun with anyonebut when I see you hanging about with anyoneIt's not unusual to see me cry,oh I wanna' dieIt's not unusual to go out at any timebut when I...
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
"How's your life?" "How are things?""Great they're going okay!"Something stale and superficial,not to ruin your day.Something swell,something***,with the toothiest smile,something sappy,something happy,something...
- Ugly Day
I can't believe this ever happened,I didn't think it ever could,I'm the author of sappy love songs,Trading in my bachelorhood.Something snapped deep inside me,Something that somebody said,I felt the brush of angels...
- Four-Fifty-One
Here the man draws the line for separation.(Old Vision).Watch the man build up his walls for isolation.(You make division).Walk no mile,I'm sick and tired,of all the cowards at the radio station.No cathartic plot to...
- Me Oh My
ISAIAH 56:1Me oh my,There's something happening in the sky.I see my favorite face,It chokes me up so fiercely,And I'm filled with your light,Soaked with your grace,I'll dance all night,I've got to say goodbye....
- Oh Me Oh My
Me oh my,There's something happening in the sky.I see my favorite face,It chokes me up so fiercely,And I'm filled with your light,Soaked with your grace,I'll dance all night,I've got to say goodbye.[Chorus:]There's...
- Giants
When no one looks the clouds come rolling in,And under darkened skies the buildings grow big teeth and eyes.They breathe and walk through unending doors,Eating restaurants, and barbershops, and hardware stores.With...
- The Phantom Mullet
Cruisin, downtown in your Camaro,REO Speedwagon on the stereo.It's kind of carchy, kind of a virus,Cutting your hair like Billy Ray Cyrus.You're probably bummed, you probably cried,you're probably sad that the guy...
- I Still Like Larry
I still like Larry.Larry,married Mary,now he's gone so far away,I might go as far as to say,that I still like Larry,yeah I still like Larry anyway.
- You Probably Shouldn't Move Here
You Probably Shouldn't Move HereWell I heard that your state could be sinking,deep into the briny sea,and all of them earthquakes got you thinking,'bout leaving Californee-ee.There's riots and there's floods and it's...
- Solidarity
To the brothers and the sisters,to all of the resistors,to the workers broke and cryin',on the road that leads to Zion: The mountain, the mountain,we will all climb all of God's children,in God's own time.Chorus:Unity...
- Hurricanes
Yo toda via espero un milagro,Yo toda via te espero a ti.The sunlight is fading,the longest shadows have been cast.Like songs from a siren,hurricanes from the past.And I am a failure,defeated every time,so let me lie...
- World Without End
For all the deepest thought compiled,philosophyto laws of physics,no one's ever heard or seen,a more beautiful thing,than this love that saved us.[Chorus:]In the soundless awe and wonder,words fall short to hope...
- Abraham Lincoln Beard Part 1
Wilford Bradly SandwichSnowmobile of FranklinNija Force 5000Abraham Lincoln Beard.
- Omnivores For Mediocrity
Keith is a vegetarian,Not vegan 'cause he drinks dairy and,He's not like me who also eats meat.He protests the war with the sandals on his feet.Omnivores for mediocrity! (several times)Helpless vegetables are...
- Screams In The Night
Screams in the night, screams in the night, screams in the night,come on and scream out into the night! [repeat]I saw you in your backyard,you were watering the dirt,you began to scream and shout,and shake the entire...
- How's About Some Milk?
How's about some milk?How's about some milk?How's about some dairy products today?
- Mayonnaise Taco Monday
Mayonnaise taco Monday, it smells like underwear.Mayonnaise taco...And something over there.Mayonnaise taco Monday, I put it on the dog.Mayonnaise taco Monday, it tastes kind of like log.Borracho, Bilando con...
- Give Me Back My Sandwich!
Give me back my sandwich!
- That Tastes Horrible!!
That tastes horrible!!!!!! (Ahhhh, my face!)
- Four Kids In Memphis
4 kids in Memphis,should pay me 5 dollars.I wrote this song and they said they would pay me, and I want to buy a hot dog.
- Rhubarb Pie
Well lately I've been thinkin'about some good home cookin',just like that I haven't eaten'in the longest time.Now I like potato chips,now please don't get me wrong.But I havent tasted mama's rhubarb pie in so very...
- Kamikaze
I'm going in (1 2 3 and go) Like a kamikaze (Like Geronimo) A leap of faith (And I finally feel alive) 3 2 1 I'm going in I don't know if it's just me But it seems that things aren't changing Every day is pretty much...
- Mind For Treason
i want to seeall minds set freelike slaves to their deathsthey pledge their libertylike awls through their earsnailed to a postthey sold their souls to the things they loved mostnow they accusemy mind is closedi've...
- Praise The Lord
Praise the Lord, Everybody praise. Ahhhhh. People of th earth, praise.
- Never Ask Us To Play This
If you could ever find it in your heart.If you could ever think to find some sympathy.Never ask us to play this song, or that song about our pants, or our Kitty-Doggie.Never ask us to play Godzilla, or Shut Up, or a...
- Chew Water
I don't rock the jukebox,or hustle the women.I'm deep drownin' in trouble and not even swimmin'.I can't begin to tell you my toils,my trouble is worse than my face being eaten off my boils.It's so bad I can't even...
- Abraham Lincoln Beard Part 3
Waffle of the ancientsway too much of bobbylaying in the gutterAbraham Lincoln beard.
- Fistful Of Sand
Up from the sands of the mighty Sahara comes,Our hero bold, who so it's told,is a lot like you and me.His passion burns, the world it turns,He fills his hand to fill the void,And fuels the constant feeling,Of...
- Pootermobile
Pootermobile
- Donkey Basketball
Donkey Basketball! It is the best of all!
- Left
Johnny's got a grip on a blissful life,He sucks on the smoke from the dope in his pipe.Wrapped around his fingers, a noose is loosing slack,strangling his forearm to fill his vewins with smack.P.C.P. spells gun to the...
- Third World Think Tanks
I walked into the room, and she was right there waiting.Leaning up against the bar,well she was perpertraitin'.Slick as snot her spandex,and blacker than some coal,she set her gaze upon my bootie,with disco in her...
- Marty
Marty was a punk rocker he went to all the shows Patches on swiss army pants and two rings in his nose He had an old nash rambler no insurance not much gas and a dancing hula girl that bobbled on his dash Feeling kind...
- Stinky Hippy
Get patchouli.Get the dreadlock.Get the sandal.Stinky hippy today.Stinky hippy, stinky hippy.Perspiration.
- Abraham Lincoln Beard Part 2
Salivating OftenDigesting all the oatmealfalling off of a logAbraham Lincoln beard.
- When I See Her Face
I feel pretty good today,This time I can see it.This time when I see her face,the words will come out right.I comb my hair, and put on my favorite shirt.I take one last deep breath, then I go outside..
- No Grandma! Know Grandma! Gnome Grandma
No Grandma! Know Grandma! Gnome Grandma, ahhhhhhhh.
- It's So Hot I'm Going To Have A Heatstroke
Hetzaw! Gibbus Getoomababeeew. nama nama nama na me mew. its so hot gonna have a heat strokah. wraped up on the mew. Huh! nemie nemie nemie nemie nemie nemie nemie nahhh Gonna get hot the heat strokuhhh. Hizzahh huh...
- Old West
Up until the middle of the 20th century,many Americans believed in the idea known as the "Manifest Destiny."It held that all of North America,from sea to shining sea,was rightfully the property of the U.S. and was...
- Sweet Talking Woman
Where did you go?I was searching, searching,on a one way street.I was hoping, hoping,for a chance to meet,I was waiting for the operator on the line.She's gone so long.What can I do? Where could she be?No, no, no,...
- One Girl Army
Here lies the old myth,breaking the mold with,truth to take away the trickery.Twenty centuries of progress,suffer slowly as we regress,losing headway to ourselves.Behold the covers, the sisters, the mothers,the...
- My Evil Plan To Save The World
I have an evil plan to save the world for every man, And i think its better than the way its being run, Oh the groundworks laid,No don't be afraidi'm sure that i can fix it when i figure out the physicsChorus: My evil...
- Kingdom Of The Dinosaurs
Kingdom,Of the dinosaursKingdom,Of the dinosaursRip off your face,of the dinosaursKingdom,Of the dinosaursEeee-lakGoo-be-schnaThat's caveman talk!
- All That Is Good
Where does the misunderstanding come from,demanding that we be outstanding and then some?Perfection never was a requirementalthough some might say we desired it.So then for times when things get old I might get...
- The Untimely Death Of Brad
Here is the tale, it's spoken word-for-word,it may be abominable, but, yes it must be heard.Nauseating at first, you can expect the worst,so listen closely, as the plot unfolds...I might stretch the truth, may be a...
- When I Go Out
When I go outI play in the streetI get hit by carsI make mashed potatoesI get hit by CARS
- Get Your Riot Gear
Something stirring in the air, a victory?A time-bomb ticking to explode,Something passive, something not.Billy clubs out, call the S.W.A.T.Rabid dogs without a leash,is this how you keep the peace?You want riots? Wear...
- The Day We Killed Lyrics
Into mass graves we've shoveled livesa massive pipeline for the liesa past so vast with genocideand ignorance we hide behindYou say that we are done with thisturn blind eyes and still dismisschalk this up as something...
- Farsighted
To all the farsightedthe sky's never been so clearhello to the hopefulgoodbye to the full of fearGloriousLuminous[Chorus:](The rockets are burning,the dreamers are at full swing)The heavens have paintedhave brushed...
- Vultures
Watching Mrs. Brady prime the brand new Kenmore washersee the brilliant gleam of the automatic tooth flosserBeautiful the china, what a lovely cup and sauceryeah I saw your Rolex, but I think it's an impostorWave to...
- You Can't Handle This
Making young girls pineI don't have the timeBabies get in lineI've got a protractorGot a stapler nowit goes "Ka-ching"gotta have the math club crown me kinggotta rock the screen with the cosine graphingon my...
- Spartan
Billie Holiday on the radiomy sluggish heart is beating seven beats too slowanother sad song and another shot of bluecold and unconcerned are anything but newHe said "Love endures all things"and it hurts to think He's...
- Plan B
I fell asleep with my clothes onDropped my keys on the front lawnWaking up I watch the drool a-gleamingfrom my mouth to the carpet it is streaming[Chorus:]Giving up, it never felt so goodwelcome to plan BGiving up,...
- Far Far Away
Staring at the shorelinewishing for some hopethe weight of empty fishing netsis more than twisted ropeAnd underneath stern facesthey wait with baited breathwith broken hearts from hopingwhile casting out their netsSee...
- Juggernaut
This seems too big for mehulking monstrositytoo late to get out nowAnd like the speed of soundthis thing has brought me downI don't remember howI want to be freebut Juggernaut is killing me[Chorus:]Freedom like a...
- Pre-Ex Girlfriend
She's so cool it's almost erieshe's so fine I lost all hopeGenetical testingsomething has gone wrongshe should get back inher cage before they find she's goneShe said she hated Kenny Gthat girl is way too good for...
- I Feel Lucky
The air is so clear, the sky is so blue,I know what you mean, I feel lucky too.I found a dollar, it's like a dream.I love this place, my Slurpee is so Green.So much easier to think that we did this all ourselves,so...
- Shut Up
Shut Up
- Arnold And Willis And Mr. Drumond
Straight from the ghetto streets of Harlem,came two brothers Willis and Arnold,black goldfish swims in the bowl,he's three feet high, four with the afro.Stealing cookies from the jar,droppin' water balloons on cars.I...
- Milestone
If I had a nickel for every single timeI've tried to classify the populace around me with a word,or a catchy phrase, I could quit my job for goodand play Nintendo until my fingers ached.Am I an idiot, too lazy to...
- Faking Life
Through this mirrored image feelingWas my head so oddly reelingNot aware of floor or ceilingKneeling and crying outAll the past I'd spent denyingWatching others lose in tryingThe time I wasted spent in cryingWhere...
- Where The Zero Meets The Fifteen
My car broke down in Arizona,have to ride the bus again,at ten-o-clock on Tuesday night,with thirteen cents and a broken pen.I put my backpack on the bench,tell two people I don't smoke,see the cop across the...
- A Flowery Song
Beautiful day,wonderful feeling,this reason to sing,psalms meaning songs singing praises all day long.Joy fills the weak,joy makes us strong.Filled 'till we burst,songs of praise to the God of the Universe.Despite our...
- Amalagate
You've got a cause now,I heard you braggin'.Always the fastest one on the bandwagon.So sit down and I'll tell you,what I'm feeling,what I am feeling.For a lack of better words you are stealing,you are stealing, all of...
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