LUTHER A PLAYLET

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

 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)

(congregation join the choir)

ANOTHER

IS THERE A DAY OF JUDGMENT

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 

                                (LIKE A HISS)

(congregation join the choir)

ANOTHER

IS GOD INDIFFERENT TO SIN

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO    

                   (LIKE A MOAN)

(congregation join the choir)

ANOTHER

WILL YOU BE DAMMED FOR YOUR SINS

 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS5      

                            (LIKE A HISS)

(congregation join the choir)

 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

 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)

(song to be supplied by frank vollmer)

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

NOR 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