Do You Get the Picture?
How can a day last for so long
and a year go by so fast?
I'm racing for the future
with my wheels spinning in the past.
If the rain never stops.
How come the wells run dry?
I feel I can cry a river
but there's not a tear in my eye.
How come we only call on God
when we're in trouble, jail, or prison?
How can we hear what He says
when we're to busy to even listen.
If the laughter never stops.
When will the crying begin?
Everybody is looking to heaven
while we're still living in sin.
The clock just keeps on ticking.
How much time do we have left?
The Lord's heard so much whinning
that He's probably gone deaf.
I found a needle in the haystack
after I was blinded by His Son.
I'm going to smile when I see Jesus.
Maybe you better run.
How can it be so quiet
when the music never stops?
Who made all these rules
and who's policing the cops.
If you never question authority
are any of us truly free?
When did the land of opportunity
turn into the land of the fee?
Why do the poor always pay
while the rich get richer?
Do you think the presidents poor
or do you get the picture?
How can we all be so damn poor
yet we still buy into all their lies?
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
and all our freedom dies.
Copyright © Allan Granstrom | Year Posted 2009
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