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A Note From Mr God

from Shake Your Rattle And Crawl by Larry Norman

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From the album Children Of Sorrow

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I was so down
Just hanging around
Wondering what to do
When suddenly I was surprised from out of the blue

The birds sang their song as I walked along
I suddenly felt quite odd
‘Cos out of the sky fell a note from Mr God

And it said
You got the blues but you can shake it
If you have faith you can make it
You have a chance
You must take it while you can

Don't give up hope
Never lose it
You got a choice but you must choose it
And that's what it said on this note from Mr God

Ah ba la la etc

Yeah this is a song about this man who’s walking down the street and he’s had a little bit too much to drink, for about twenty years. And he sees this piece of paper on the ground and he picks it up and it’s just a, it’s just a piece of paper somebody dropped out of their bible. It’s kind of a tract you know, one of those things that somebody writes down their, their ideas about how to explain God to somebody else they want to give this piece of paper to and this person just drops it on the ground and this guy picks it up and he starts reading, thinks this is about me. How could anybody know about me? Except for God. And that’s why he thought this was a note from God. And it wasn’t. But he thought it was. But it wasn’t. But he thought it was, and that’s what’s important.

You know what happens when you start getting involved with God. Your life starts changing and you start getting kinda happy and you know, kinda messes up your viewpoint of life, you kinda change your perspective and the first thing you know you’re so glad that things have changed in your life you wanna go tell all your friends about it, and that’s what this guy did. He wanted to go back and tell all of his friends that he found this note from God and it said [Spoken]

You got the blues but you can shake it
If you have faith you can make it
You have a chance
So you must take it while you can

Don't give up hope
Never lose it
You have a choice but you know, you got to choose it
And that's what it said on this note from Mr God

So if you feel down
With your chin on the ground
And suddenly you feel odd
Well just look all around look down look down on the ground you some might see some kind of piece of paper floating around might just be a note from Mr God

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from Shake Your Rattle And Crawl, released May 4, 2011

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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California

American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more

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