Straight Up/Down

I told you about the work and all that it means

God came down as Jesus and fulfilled the the ultimate dream

A gift wrapped in His blood and it's ours to take

You will hear that the just shall live by faith

But I sing a song sung so many times before

A familiar message with familiar holes

You should have questions and they should be answered

It will not happen while I stand up here and you sit down there

Straight up/down

The time will come

There's more to the Gospel than this

But everybody seems to want the Reader's Digest

I too am guilty of encapsulation

To a concise five-step plan of salvation

But can you blame me when we're on the Titanic

On this sinking system of things satanic

Like Paul walking down the gallery of the gods

In a battle where it gets hard to like the odds

Straight up/down

I could be hit and run and shove it down your throat

To win the argument would be my highest hope

And maybe make you say the words and pray they're true

Just like how everybody taught me to do

But you could grab the Book and start to read for yourself

Not decide on your afterlife from the words of my mouth

Matthew Mark Luke John could probably tell the story best

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