Larry Norman - Reader's Digest - [Live 2005]

LARRY NORMAN -- READER'S DIGEST -- (ACOUSTIC LIVE AT THE ELSINORE 2005) -- Towards the end, Larry toured even though very sick as he was determined to share the gospel even to the day he died. With his illness he would forget verses from songs he sang and would even ask the crowds to help him in humor. Larry was born on April 8th, 1947 and died on February 24th, 2008 aged 60.

LYRICS:

[Larry -- I better slow this one down
So we both know the words
You can explain to your kids later
What this song is about.
Also your grandparents.]

Alice Cooper is a drag queen,
Bowie's somewhere in between
Other bands are looking mean
Me, I'm trying to stay clean
I don't dig the radio
I hate what the charts pick
Rock and roll may not be dead
But it's pretty sick
All over the world
Disc jockeys sound the same
Every town I play
Is like the one from where I came.

[Except for this town, I always say that
But this time I mean it]

Rolling Stones are millionaires
Flower children pallbearers
Beatles said all you need is love
And then they broke up
Jimi took an overdose
Janis followed so close
The whole music scene
And all the bands are pretty comatose
This time last year
People didn't wanna hear
They looked at Jesus from afar
Now they call Him a superstar.

Dear John, who's more popular now?
I've been listening to some of Paul's new records.
Sometimes I think he really is dead.

Well it's 1973,
I wonder who we're gonna see
Who's in power now?
Think I'll turn on the TV
The man on the news said
China's gonna beat us
We shot all our dreamers,
There's no one left to lead us.
We need a solution,
Some kinda salvation,
Let's send some people to the moon
And gather information.
They brought back a big bag of rocks.
Only cost forty seven billion
Must be nice rocks.

You think it's such a sad thing
When you see a fallen king
Then you find out
We only princes to begin with
Everybody gotta choose
Whether they will win or lose
Follow God or sing the blues
Who you gonna sin with.
What a mess the world is in
I wonder who began it
Don't ask me
I'm only visiting this planet.

This world is not my home
I'm just passing through.

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