Dear God
(remake of XTC's Original "Dear God")*
Dear God,
Hope you got the letter and
I pray you can make it better down here.
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat
From God
I can't believe in you.
Dear God,
Sorry to disturb you, but
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in the amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meet
About God,
I can't believe in you.
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too?!
Dear God,
Don't know if you noticed, but...
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book,
Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
And all the people that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true
Well I know it ain't, and so do you
Dear God,
I can't believe in...
I don't believe in...
I won't believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You're always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And it's the same the whole world 'round.
The hurt I see helps to compound
That Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax
And if you're up there you'd perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve.
If there's one thing I don't believe in.....
It's you.....
Dear God.
Buy this CD from Amazon.com!
June 15, 1998
UPDATE: I have just purchased this CD and will receive it in a few days. I'll
let you
know if the song sounds as good as it... "sounds" (you know what I mean :-)
June 17, 1998
UPDATE: I just recived the CD and... WOW! All I've heard so far is this
song, but
it is awesome! There's a lot of power and emotion... there was a lot of anger and
other
strong feelings. It was a lot like I felt when I stopped believing in God. I
recommend
this CD to everyone. It's a whole lot better than I thought it would be. The
words
alone don't do it justice!
* my personal note added