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To all the sheep who’ve left the fold
For whom the weekly show got old
I realize the strain
Was driving you insane
And rendering your heart stone cold
To all the saints who once believed
And found that they had been deceived
By promises of love
And insights from above
For every gift and tithe received
The face of God seems all too human
In this religious game we play
It’s just American consuming
A crass eternal life buffet
To all the folks who walked away
Discouraged by the thin display
Who shuffled out the door
In search of something more
Once more a sheep who’s gone astray
To all the hungry on a search
Who found no living bread in church
Just sermons for the birds
Just dry and empty words
The gospel rendered as cliché
We buy and sell health and anointing
Yet there is something we suspect
There’s more to God than power-pointing
Or some lame film clip we project
To all sheep who were sheared of hope
And aided down that slippery slope
Invited to a feast
But all they got was fleeced
And sold a bar of snake oil soap
To all the saints who jumped the tracks
Who bolted or fell through the cracks
Who couldn’t play along
And joined the churchless throng
To all the sheep who won’t come back
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My last night’s comment apparently was rejected, so I’ll try again…
Very profound. However, now I can’t get that awful melody out of my head. Thanks.
By the way, I am sending all my friends here to listen to this, so you’ll notice a jump of about 3 to your daily traffic.
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I, too, took it upon myself to provide a link to this profound offering. I hope the Lord finds its fragrance pleasing. I know I did.
BTW: If typo’s bother you… “all TOO human” in the third stanza.
typos. damn.
Thanks for the typo alert. I fixed it.
Hey Fred,
I stumbled upon your site and just finished listening to “To All The Sheep…”
Brought a tear to this old eye…
Stated a lot of what I hsve been feeling for the last year or so.
Keep up the good work!
Bless You!
Tom Priem
Absolutally Brilliant. I too will be adding a link on my site to this…. Thanks!
I loved the song listenig to it just after you originally posted it. My wife and I had just got home from dinner tonight and I was checking emails and ended up back at “the song” so I fired it up for her to listen to. She thought is was really great however, over the course of the evening she kept humming the song and finally turned to me and said, “I can’t get that stupid song out of my head, call Fred and tell him THANKS A LOT!. So…..thanks a lot