Letters to the Church - Larry Norman

Everytime I see you, you know I start to cry

I know what you’re doing, and that you’re living a lie

And Jesus is waiting outside your door

But you don’t love Him like before

And you don’t listen anymore

You speak of compassion, but you don’t really care

You can talk of heaven, but are you going there?

God’s trying to touch you but you’re out of reach

And you don’t practice what you preach

I know the shadows you seek;

I know the places you’re weak

You’ve run away, and you’re looking so much older

Won’t you please stop and pray, and your spirit’s getting colder

Let him take the weight off your shoulder

You seek after fortune, and you live for yourself

You stand in the spotlight and leave God on the shelf

You smile, you gesture, each hair is in place

But I can see behind your face

The sorrow you can’t erase