Wednesday, July 25, 2018

If not now then when (Matthew West)


I woke up this morning
Saw a world full of trouble now
Thought, how’d we ever get so far down
How’s it ever gonna turn around
So I turned my eyes to Heaven
I thought, God, why don’t You do something?
Well, I just couldn’t bear the thought of
People living in poverty
Children sold into slavery
The thought disgusted me
So, I shook my fist at Heaven
Said, God, why don’t You do something?
He said, I did, I created you

If not us, then who
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
It’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something

I’m so tired of talking
About how we are God’s hands and feet
But it’s easier to say than to be
Live like angels of apathy who tell ourselves
It’s all right, somebody else will do something
Well, I don’t know about you
But I’m sick and tired of life with no desire
I don’t want a flame, I want a fire
I wanna be the one who stands up and says,
I’m gonna do something

Refrain

We are the salt of the earth
We are a city on a hill (shine shine)
But we’re never gonna change the world
By standing still
No we won’t stand still

Refrain

To hear Matthew West perform Do Something, click on the video below:


Image source:  Jesus Commissions the Apostles, The Cloisters, NY, ca. 850-900, Rheims, France,
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2000.486/
Video source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_RjndG0IX8

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