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00​:​15 God in a Limousine

from a day in music: 12am by phil broikos

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On November 15, 1931, at 12:15am, police responded to reports of raucously loud activity at the residence of Father Divine, a spiritual leader whose followers believed him to be God. This song envisions a young man who turned down an invitation to attend a Father Divine weekend retreat. The invitation came from a young woman who is now at the retreat and about to answer a door where police are waiting on the other side.

lyrics

buildings black outside my window
cold air trying to get in
midnight lying on my pillow
waiting for sleep to come again

let me dream a dream beyond the sky
‘cause I can’t see a way to make it right
every time I look at who I am
why do I see the reflection of a boy in the image of a broken man?

whole world’s trying to bring you down, cheat you for a smile while you search for something better
no one knows how to stop it now, living in denial, you keep looking for forever
people hoping for miracles line up at the doorstep just to get a little food and drink
empty glasses are more than full, nothing but a cardtrick to see god in a limousine

ask me if I wanna hang out
I do, but hesitate within
peaceful, I don’t even know how
you make me feel alive again

let me be a vision for your eyes,
I will speak the truth from deep inside
we can leave, the train departs tonight
what we think doesn’t have to be the same as the masses’ view of wrong or right

you ask me who I am, I try to find an answer
you tell me it’s alright but clearly you need something better
we talk about ourselves, music and motion pictures
cagney, harlow, chaplain, cab calloway and the boswell sisters
we walk the city streets with leaves of every color
we find a parkbench by the water and we sit together
you ask if I believe that God could be a man among us
if he was I think he’d sit all the way at the back of the bus

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from a day in music: 12am, released January 1, 2020

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