God's Honest Truth

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God's Honest TruthI'd been cussin at the sports pagehad a few bucks on a horse raceand the game between the Braves and Oriolesthough I lost a coupla dollarsI really got hot under the collarwhen I turned to that day's editorialsome PHD pain in the neck saidfirst graders need sex edbut not school prayer...well I swearthere's wrong and there's rightit's not about laws and rulesit's not college or knowledgethat makes wise men or foolslife has twists and turns and we're lucky if we learnwhere it leads in our youthwe stumble as we go our crooked ways just showwe need God's honest truthsome folks say we'll never find itbut I think their hearts are blindedcos they focus on life with their eyesI know someone out there sees usev'ry breath tells me it's Jesusthough he watches from beyond the skiescos Mister I can see the windin how the leaves dance and spinI know heaven's there...cos I swearthere's wrong and there's rightit's not about laws and rulesit's not college or knowledgethat makes wise men or foolslife has twists and turns and we're lucky if we learnwhere it leads in our youthwe stumble as we go our crooked ways just showwe need God's honest truthGod's honest truththough some will always doubtwhat they can't figure outI b'lieve there's more faith than proofin God's honest truthGod's honest truth(c)2006 Robert George