I told you about the work and all that it means   God came down as Jesus and fulfilled the the ultimate dream   A gift wrapped in His blood and it's ours to take   You will hear that the just shall live by faith      But I sing a song sung so many times before   A familiar message with familiar holes   You should have questions and they should be answered   It will not happen while I stand up here and you sit down there      Straight up/down   The time will come      There's more to the Gospel than this   But everybody seems to want the Reader's Digest   I too am guilty of encapsulation   To a concise five-step plan of salvation      But can you blame me when we're on the Titanic   On this sinking system of things satanic   Like Paul walking down the gallery of the gods   In a battle where it gets hard to like the odds      Straight up/down      I could be hit and run and shove it down your throat   To win the argument would be my highest hope   And maybe make you say the words and pray they're true   Just like how everybody taught me to do      But you could grab the Book and start to read for yourself   Not decide on your afterlife from the words of my mouth   Matthew Mark Luke John could probably tell the story best   And you can always call us: silenot@safari.net