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Breakfast is a song by Newsboys from their album Take Me to Your Leader. It was released as a single and later appeared in compilations Shine: The Hits, The Greatest Hits and The Ultimate Collection. Some of their fans in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Ottumwa, Iowa were recorded singing on this song. "Breakfast" vies with "Shine" as perhaps the Newsboys' most famous song. It is narrated from the perspective of the close friends of someone who had an eccentric penchant for breakfast.

Lyrics[]

Hold the milk, put back the sugar
They are powerless to console
We’ve gathered here to sprinkle ashes
From our late friend’s cereal bowl.

Breakfast Clubbers, say the motto
That he taught us to repeat:
“You will lose it in your gym class
if you wait til noon to eat”.

Back when the Chess Club said our eggs were soft
Every Monday he’d say grace and hold our juice aloft
Oh, none of us knew his checkout time would come so soon
But before his brain stopped waving, he composed this tune:

Chorus:
When the toast is burned

And all the milk has turned

And Captain Crunch is waving farewell

When the big one finds you may this song remind you

That they don't serve breakfast in hell


Breakfast clubbers, drop the hankies
Though to some, our friend was odd
That day he bought those pine pajamas,
His check was good with God

Those here without the lord,
How do you cope?
For this morning we don’t mourn
Like those who have no hope

Oh rise up, Fruit Loop lovers-
Sing out sweet and low
With spoons held high
We bid our brother, “Cheerio!"

Chorus:
When the toast is burned
And all the milk has turned
And Captain Crunch is waving farewell
When the big one finds you may this song remind you
That they don't serve breakfast in hell

(Whistling Chorus)

(The chorus is sung several more times)

Trivia[]

  • This song is a fan favorite, played at almost every live concert.
  • This song appeared live in Houston We Are GO Live.










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