From George Michael’s 1990 Album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
The lyrics are from the song ‘Praying For Time’. Are they appropriate for everything going on in the world today? I’ll let you be the judge of that, but George Michael, who sadly passed away in December of 2016, was certainly onto something. At least he didn’t have to live through the dystopian craziness we’ve experienced since the 2016 election…
“The rich declare themselves poor
And most of us are not sure
If we have too much
But we’ll take our chances
‘Cause God’s stopped keeping score.
I guess somewhere along the way
He must have let us all out to play
Turned His back and all God’s children
Crept out the back door.”
I really love the imagery of god as a scorekeeper who just gets fed up or apathetic and just stops doing his job. That’s why I like the idea of a female god more. Harder to imagine her just saying ‘the hell with it.’
You can hear the complete song here.
