Dear God - XTC

[Dennis Donovan]

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Dear God, hope you get 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 amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your own 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
And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look
And all the people that you made in your own image
Still believing that junk is true
Well, I know it ain't so, and you know

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
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax
And if you're up there, you'll perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve
If there's one thing I don't believe in
It's you
Dear God

(Songwriters: Andy Partridge
Dear God lyrics © Bmg Vm Music Ltd)

[Shambala]

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2. The Tree of Knowledge hath spoken

Such a great song! The first time I heard it (played to me from my boyfriend at the time), I was horrified because I thought it was such a blasphemous song. I was quite Catholic at the time. But it awakened me to go on a journey of questioning “faith” and propaganda nonsense since birth, to that of a contented and at peace atheist. The truth did set me free.

“Did you make mankind after we made you?”