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The spirits, gods and devils discuss Joe's faith in the universe

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CHORUS and JOE
I heard upon his heap of dung
A man cry out of crusted lung
If God is Good and Man is God,
Then everything is as it should be
Take the good; take the bad,
He who is happy must be sad
And take the world for what it is,
And love the gentle breezes blowing.

JOE
*Faith is here in desperation
In the twilight of my darkest night
I do not know why fear should strike,
But fear is what is stricken, stricken.
(*This stanza by Archibald MacLeish from “J.B.”)

DEVIL
Wow, he’s coming back for more
I’m impressed.
I thought by now we’d be doing
curtain calls for sure.

GOD
Oh, Faith leads to faith
This bean man going to give it all he’s got.
That’s why we put him on the spot.

GOD and DEVIL
These bugs were born with will
They snap their mothy little wings
Outside the window sill
They-- [Snap, snap, snap]
Sucked in by the light
They beat their bones against the glass

DEVIL
Then die back to the night.

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from The Suffering of Joe Bean, released December 12, 2012
Faith
© 2003 Music & Lyrics* by Mark Nichols

Lyrics by* Mark Nichols; Kevin Veatch: Guitar; Chad Channing: Drums; Mark Nichols: synth; Steve Newton: Bass

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