LUTHER

LUTHER - ISAIAH 55, 1-13



WHEN I WAS A LAD
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY
WHEN I WAS A CHILD LIKE YOU
I HAD BEEN TAUGHT
I HAD BEEN TOTALLY TAUGHT
BY THE LEARNED PEOPLE OF THAT TIME
PRIESTS IN THE PULPIT
PARENTS IN THE HOME
TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL
BY THE TIME I WAS A YOUNG MAN
I HAD BEEN TAUGHT
THAT GOD HATED SIN
AND THEREFORE GOD HATED ME

I WAS AFRAID OF GOD
I WAS TRAPPED LIKE AN ANIMAL
TRAPPED IN A ROOM WITH MOVABLE WALLS
TRAPPED IN A ROOM WHOSE WALLS HAD VOICES

ONE WALL CRIED OUT
CAN YOU BE FREE FROM SIN
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (LIKE A MOAN)



ANOTHER
IS THERE A DAY OF JUDGMENT
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS (LIKE A HISS)


ANOTHER
IS GOD INDIFFERENT TO SIN
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (LIKE A MOAN)

ANOTHER
WILL YOU BE DAMMED FOR YOUR SINS
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS5 (LIKE A HISS)


AND OVER MY HEAD LIKE THE SOUND OF THUNDER
WAS WHAT I WAS TOLD
WAS GOD'S VOICE
CRYING
VENGEANCE IS MINE
VENGEANCE IS MINE (BEATING ON TRASH CAN LID)
VENGEANCE IS MINE
VENGEANCE IS MINE (BEATING ON TRASH CAN LID)





THERE WAS NO ESCAPE
THE ROOM KEPT GETTING SMALLER
AND SMALLER
THE VOICES LOUDER AND LOUDER
THE THUNDER STRONGER AND STRONGER
TILL I CRIED OUT
GOD MY GOD
WHY DO YOU HAVE
SUCH AN ANGRY HATEFUL FACE (LOUD BANG)

I FELL ON THE FLOOR
EXPECTING TO PLUNGE
INTO THE PIT OF HELL
AND NOTHING HAPPENED
THE EARTH DID NOT SWALLOW ME UP
RATHER IT PRESSED BACK
GOD'S LOVE PRESSED BACK
THEN I HEARD A SONG
AND I HEARD IN THAT SONG
THE VOICES OF CHILDREN
THE VOICES OF CHILDREN
SINGING TO ME
TELLING ME WHY
THE EARTH HAD PRESSED BACK

SONG (TO BE SUNG SEVERAL TIMES)

MY THOUGHTS AND WORDS ARE NOT LIKE YOURS
NOT LIKE YOURS
NOT LIKE YOURS
MY THOUGHTS AND WORDS ARE NOT LIKE YOURS
I FORGIVE ALL SINS

I HAD MADE THE MISTAKE
OF TRYING TO CREATE GOD
IN MY IMAGE

I DID NOT REMEMBER
NOT HAD BEEN TAUGHT
THAT I WAS HIS CREATION
FRAIL AND IMPERFECT
BUT STILL LOVED BY HIM
AS A PARENT WILL ALWAYS LOVE A CHILD
NO MATTER HOW IMPERFECT

I HAVE LIVED MANY YEARS
SINCE THAT DAY
WHEN I FORGET THAT LESSON
THE WALL PRESS IN
WHEN I REMEMBER
THE WALLS RETREAT
NOT GONE COMPLETELY
FOR I AM NOT PERFECT
BUT THE SONG HELPS
WOULD YOU SING IT TO ME AGAIN


SONG (TO BE SUNG SEVERAL TIMES)

MY THOUGHTS AND WORDS ARE NOT LIKE YOURS
NOT LIKE YOURS
NOT LIKE YOURS
MY THOUGHTS AND WORDS ARE NOT LIKE YOURS
I FORGIVE ALL SINS


Frank a vollmer