Is it true that god won’t listen
2012 May 6
Is it true that god won’t listen
If I call him the wrong name
Or I call him her — or her him
But I’m wrong
Is it true, is it true
Is it true that there are lots of gods
Is it true there’s only one
Is it true there isn’t any god at all
Is it true, is it true
Is it true that god knows everything
But even so gets mad
And punishes the things that humans do
Is it true, is it true
Is it true that we have many lives
And no one really dies
Is it true that there’s a heaven
Where we’ll fly
Is it true that death is dark as night
Or one great godly light
Is it true that no one knows
just what we’ll find
Is it true god spent a life down here
and afterwards went home
to spend eternity upon his throne
Is it true, is it true
Was Jonah swallowed by a whale
But somehow lived to tell the tale
‘Cause from that stomach God heard Jonah’s prayer
Is it true, is it true
Did the world begin right in gods hand
Did god take clay to make a man
Did everything begin in one big bang
Is it true, is it true
And how can it be true that only god can take a life
But people go and kill – in god’s name
And howwwww could god’s angel tell a man to raise his knife
And kill his only son to show his faith
And how could god drown everyone
To end their wicked ways
Then promise not to do it — everagain
But still stand by and watch as millions of his children die —
Now and then—-
now and then, now and then
now and then—
now and then…
Is it true god made a universe
a trillion planets wide
but people in his image have just one
Is it true, is it true
Is it true that those who believe in god
should conquer those who don’t
and drive them from their shores forevermore
Is it true, is it true
Is it true that some folks know the truth
and some don’t have a clue
Is it true there’s no such thing
as truth, at all
Is it true, is it true
Is it true, is it true
©beisenstadt2010
