Used To Be

The following are the lyrics to what the band Lost And Found call their "most controversial song." They actually removed it from the original CD (but don't let that scare you away from the rest of this). I heard them sing it for the first time while I was in Edmonton at the National Youth Gathering, where they were part of the sessions, in the concert they did for about 30 of us. A few months ago I was at a concert of their's and was accused of being controversial for requesting this song. I bought the only CD collection that the song can be found on and as I got them to sign it they said "Now you can listen to it whenever you want." and the in between the lines was "so you never have to request it at a concert again."

Superman was killed in Dallas
There's no love left in the palace
Someone took the Beatle's lead guitar
Have another Chivas Regal
Your twelve years old and sex is legal
Your parents don't know where or who you are
Used to be the hero of the ball game
Took the time to shake the loser's hand
Used to be that failure only meant you didn't try
In a world where people gave a damn

Great big wars in little places
Look at all those frightened faces
But don't come here we just don't got the room
Love thy neighbor's wife and daughter
You cleanse your life with holy water
Hey we don't need to bathe we've got perfume
Used to be a knight in shining armor
Didn't have to own a shiny car
'Coz dignity and courage were the measure of a man
And not the drugs he needs to hide his scars

Can your teacher read
Does your preacher pray
Does your president have soul
Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today
Mama took her speed
And daddy ran away
But you mustn't lose control
You see the kids are wild we just can't tame 'em
Do we have a right to blame 'em

We fed them all our indecision
And raped their minds with television
But what the hell
They're too young to feel pain
But I believe that love will save tomorrow
I believe that truth will make us free
Someone tried to say it and we nailed him to a cross
I guess it's still the way it used to be

I love this song. Next time I am at a Lost And Found concert I am going to request this song again because I think that people should hear it.

Society today sickens me. It really does. People walk around using the F word as if it was the word 'the'. People walk around with body parts hanging out of clothes that should not be hanging out of their clothes. The crap on TV and on the radio shocks me. The things that parents will let their small children hear and watch disturbs me.

The society we live in has gone downhill. Down a steep mountain. I would give anything for a long skirt, some pearls and listening to Little Orphan Annie on the radio. Where did we go wrong over the years? How did we end up hear? How did we go from quiet, simple lives to the chaotic, complex lives people live today. Where did we go wrong and how, if possible, can we change it?

Questions to ponder. Things to think over. Let me ask you, do you want to raise your children in this society? A society that is progressively getting worse? I know I don't.

Song of the Moment: Used To Be by Lost and Found (If you go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-lkek-g5k you can watch a not-so-great video of Lost And Found performing this song at a concert. Apparantly Stevie Wonder originally sang this song, but it is no where near as good as Lost And Found's...sorry Stevie. I know you're a legend, but they beat you on this one)

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
1 Timothy 4:12