PART TWO
NEXT BEST WESTERN
It's the middle of the night
Near the Indiana line
I'm pulling in a Christian station
The signal's crystal clear
But I cannot really hear
What he says about the Revelation
I am wretched, I am tired
But the preacher is on fire
And I wish I could believe
Whoever watches over all these truckers
Show a little mercy for a weary sinner
And deliver me - Lord, deliver me
Deliver me to the next best western
Did he who made the lamb
Put the tremble in the hand
That reaches out to take my quarter
I look him in the eye
But there isn't any time
Just time enough to pass the tender
The highway takes its toll
The green light flashes go
And it's welcome to Ohio
Whoever watches over all these truckers
Show a little mercy for a weary sinner
And deliver me - Lord, deliver me
Deliver me to the next best western
At four a.m. on 80 East
It's in the nature of the beast
To wonder if there's something missing
I am wretched, I am tired
But the preacher is on fire
And I wish I could believe
Whoever watches over all these truckers
Show a little mercy for a weary sinner
And deliver me - Lord, deliver me
Deliver me to the next best western
Richard Shindell
'Ol lady comes closer to capturing the feel than I could.
I liked her from the very first post of hers I read.
Once again I have managed to light the fuse but now cannot find the words or direction I want to move. I wish I could tell you that I gave a little History lesson that day. I wish I could tell you that I went the next week with a whole syllabus prepared including a Certification Exam.
I was too surprised, no, shocked...I did'nt see that comin'. No way.
I decided to let it slide.
A few weeks later I had to let something else slide. It was the referendum on what constituted a family and what the rights of the same sexers, ought or ought not be. These people are completely inflexible and cannot imagine a point of view other that the one passed down to them for generations.
I think that they really thought I would vote NO to increasing Liberty for all Americans. The air was thick with the implication.
The only truly original ideas seem to be centered around the numerology of years as money multipliers, protecting their spiritual monopoly and getting Zapped onstage. Damn original.
"I could just about spit".
All of this seems to belittle my own search.
If I say the magic words, the search is over.
And that is what really offends me.
I know one thing... I am not very good at "RANTING".
And they weren't too good at listening.
Barb, you are next.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
NEXT BEST WESTERN
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2 comments:
as I have family members who have deep meaningful same sex relationships......and a church going gal..........i am always offended by the anti-gay movement.........we are to love the man - hate the sin - and yes I am looking in my mirror when I say that......because it applies to us all.........ahhh but this is your rant....not mine.......i was getting ready to pull out my soapbox and preach it, Steve......
-rdg
That's just the problem I have about going to Church..there ae too many hypocrites sitting in the same pews every week who have a "holier than thou" attitude.
It's the way you live your daily life and how you display a spritually kind attitude towards others that count.
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