God Played Guitar

God played guitar in a rock-and-roll band.

The music got so funky everybody had to stand.

Their toes started tapping and their feet begin to move,

Their bodies were all swaying; they were dancing in the groove.

God never missed a beat and he could play by ear.

He was a rock star hero by the end of His first year.

God played guitar in a rock-and-roll band

His songs were number one all across the land.

I played guitar; I played rhythm-and-blues.

I put soul in my music and I sang about bad news.

I made people sorrow and I made people cry,

I made folks feel so sad that they wanted to die.

I played all my own songs and I played real good;

Folks soon learned to know my name all across the ‘hood.

Then I heard God playing with his band one day

And I packed up my guitar and I put it away.

God came to visit me just the other day.

We talked about my music and here’s what he had to say.

He said, “Pick that guitar back up and climb out of your hole.

Don't you know music from the soul don’t end with rock-and-roll?”

He said, “Folks need to laugh and they still need to cry.

They need a dream to live for and a reason just to die.”

Now God still plays His Guitar in a rock-and-roll band.

And I'm singing my blues again all across this land.