I’ve been listening to Tracy Chapman’s new album and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!  As usual, she has written the most thought provoking and emotion provoking lyrics.  This one was even more spiritual than some of her past albums.  A co-worker who is only just discovering faith and the Bible is actually the one who pointed out this song to me.  Wow…the lyrics are amazing!  I will leave out my commentary on what they meant to me and instead leave them at the end of this post…just in case a passer by should actually read it. : ) Umm…right…like I could go without putting in my thoughts! 

I love how the words relay how sure she is in her faith and how confident she is in God.  It was interesting to me that she added the line “I don’t know about you…”  That says to me that there are so many people out there that we don’t know where they stand on their faith or really even who they have put it all in.  That is kind of scary to think about.  It makes me want to go out and tell every one that I come in contact with…that’s what it does.  Yeah, I know…we were supposed to be doing that anyway.  I will be the first to admit that my life is so cluttered with distractions that I don’t take enough time to spread the Word to others.  I really wish that I wasn’t so easily distracted.

It’s kind of cool to find spiritual encouragement from places you don’t think to look, like this song.  I wonder if Tracy Chapman thought about the words of her song and worded it exactly so it would put that bug in our ears.  Maybe so, maybe not…either way, it worked for me!

Anyway, here is the song I mentioned…

Tracy Chapman- Save Us All Lyrics

I know Jesus loves me
In my heart I know it’s true
I know Mary’s little baby
Came into the world
Just to save me
But I don’t know about you

My Gods a mighty big God
My God can shake the world up
Plagues and famines
Frogs and locusts
Walking on water
Burning bushes
Rolling the thunder
And parting the waters too

My God is good in the kitchen
Make a good meal from bread and fishes
Feed the hungry pour the wine
Everybodys welcome to have a good time
Sit at his table enjoy the food

I know Jesus loves me
He says I should love you
My neighbor not his wife
Don’t covet steal kill or lie
My Gods got a lot of rules

My God made creation
Six days work one day vacation
Made a garden
Filled it with apples
Adam and Eve walked around natural
Until they ate that one piece of bad fruit

I’ve heard that your Gods older
Buddha Allah Krishna
Manifest with many faces
Worshipped the world over in foreign places
I assume your God must love you

I know Jesus loves me
And my God is good and great and true
But if pride goeth before the fall
I hope someones God will save us all
Save us all
And love the sinners too