Parody of "Longview" performed by Green Day and written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Pritchard & Frank Wright
(Ecclesiastes 8:11)
NOTE: This song was recorded live at Keith Haynie's first official concert as bass player for ApologetiX, October 6, 1995, in Weston WV. It was originally released on a homemade cassette called "Live '95."
I sit around and watch the news
But somethings's wrong
'Cause every channel shows a trial or two
Did all the judge and juries quit
I think the law just changed a bit
They threw the justice out of court
And it's stuck in prison
But my Lord don't close His eyes
He's waitin' until the day we die
And then He'll judge the wrong and right
With righteousness
Tell me how and tell me where
They get their juries
The juries don't seem to know right from wrong
Their bleeding hearts don't seem to see
The blood that pours through the city streets
They lock the guilty out of jail
And back on the street
But my Lord don't close His eyes
He's waitin' until the day we die
And then He'll judge the wrong and right
On judgment day
My God has perfect vision
He'll make a just decision
Turn from your sins and listen
Hell isn't air conditioned
LEAD
You get around the laws real good
With all your lawyers
You don't regret it right now, but you will
You may find loopholes in the law
But you can't hide your sins from God
You'll have to pay for what you've done
And it won't be pretty
But my Lord don't close His eyes
He's waitin' until the day we die
And then He'll judge the wrong and right
And those who rejected Jesus Christ
But my Lord don't close His eyes
He's waitin' until the day we die
And some say it won't come to pass
But just you wait
Ecclesiastes 8:11
When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.
