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Music Monday – Praying For Time

January 2, 2017

It has been a week since the news of George Michael’s death shook the world and I’m still not quite over it. I remember his beginnings on MTV and listened to his music through the years so it’s very personal to me. I pray that he will find the peace that had eluded him for so long.

Luckily for us all, his beautiful voice lives on through his music and so I’ve chosen his song “Praying For Time” as this year’s first Music Monday. It is a good time for this one as so much has changed in the landscape since it was first released in 1990. I think it speaks for itself so I won’t comment. Listen without prejudice. RIP George Michael. :-(

These are the days of the open hand
They will not be the last
Look around now
These are the days of the beggars and the choosers

This is the year of the hungry man
Whose place is in the past
Hand in hand with ignorance
And legitimate excuses

The rich declare themselves poor
And most of us are not sure
If we have too much
But we’ll take our chances
’cause God’s stopped keeping score
I guess somewhere along the way
He must have let us all out to play
Turned his back and all God’s children
Crept out the back door

And it’s hard to love, there’s so much to hate
Hanging on to hope When there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it’s much too late
Well maybe we should all be praying for time

These are the days of the empty hand
Oh you hold on to what you can
And charity is a coat you wear twice a year

This is the year of the guilty man
Your television takes a stand
And you find that what was over there is over here

So you scream from behind your door
Say “what’s mine is mine and not yours”
I may have too much but I’ll take my chances
Because God’s stopped keeping score
And you cling to the things they sold you
Did you cover your eyes when they told you
That He can’t come back
Beacuse He has no children to come back for

It’s hard to love there’s so much to hate
Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it’s much too late
So maybe we should all be praying for time

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January 2, 2017

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