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A Brief History Of The Universe

from Times Past by Dan Sullivan

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In the beginning was God, and He was alone
With nothing to do or to see;
No one to talk to, nowhere to go
And nothing to watch on TV.

Pondering this in the darkness
A light went on in His head.
And he said to Himself, “Let there be light”
And it happened just like He said.

Then He conceived the whole universe
In six days - they say - more or less.
And He saw it was good, so the very next day
He said to Himself, “Let us rest.”

And He did as He said, and wouldn’t you know it
As soon as He turned his back,
Here comes the snake down from the tree
Walking and talking some smack.

Next thing you know all hell breaks loose
And out of the Garden we go;
With the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Our only guide on the road.

Things quickly went from bad to worse
And evil grew in mankind.
And God regretted both man and beast.
And man was back in a bind.

Down came the rain for 40 days.
And down came the rain 40 nights.
And when it stopped raining a rainbow appeared
And things for awhile were alright.

But it didn’t take long for strife to show up
Or trouble to make its return.
And God in His heaven said to himself,
“When will man ever learn?”

So He set down the rules for right and wrong;
He wrote the Commandments in stone.
But when Moses came down from the mountaintop
He heard only griping and groans.

Centuries passed, the bad with the good
It seemed like they never would learn
How often they’d sin and then they’d repent
When they had nowhere else to turn

So finally He sent them a Savior
A Savior from Heaven above
A Savior who’d right every wrong ever done
With a message of peace and of love.

A Savior who’d comfort the weary,
The poor, the sick and the lost
But what did he get for his trouble?
They nailed him up on the Cross.

Disputers dispute, believers believe.
To each his own as they say.
Five gets you ten the argument’s end
Won’t come ‘til the ending of days

But of the great names in the history books
Never forgotten or lost,
The one most often remembered
Is the name of the man on the cross.

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from Times Past, released November 7, 2019
© Dan Sullivan 2020

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Dan Sullivan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Some people like gardening, working on cars or woodworking. Others enjoy knitting, collecting stamps or coins. That kind of thing. I like writing songs.

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