A Happy Vicar I Might Have Been

from Shooting An Elephant by George Orwell and the Flying Typewriters

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I wish my god had a kingdom
I wish my god had a son
I wish my god saved a place for me
When my time was done
I wish my god had some scripture
I wish my god had mysterious ways
That would make me feel better about
All the bad things that came my way

But my god, if he exists at all
Is not the greatest big but the greatest small
And my god, if he exists at all
Has never been there for me at all

It's not for lack of trying
I used to pray every night and
I would ask for the smallest sign
I would've taken anything He'd like
And I put my head in the holy water
And I came like the lamb to the slaughter
I sang the hymns to the Holy Father
I sang them harder, I sang them louder!

What a God! What a God!
What a glorious God!
What a glorious God is He!

Can You hear me? Are You listening?
I'm tired of singing my heart out and nobody letting it in
Can you hear me? Are you listening?
I'm tired of singing my heart out and nobody letting it in
Can you hear me at all?

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from Shooting An Elephant, released September 21, 2011

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George Orwell and the Flying Typewriters Flint, Michigan

Folk-Punk(ish) band from Flint and Hartland, Michigan. You can also find us around Ypsilanti quite often. We love you.

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