Stop The World

from Celebrate This Heartbeat by Randy Stonehill

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Well it's okay to murder babies, but we really ought to save the whales
We're putting criminals in office cause it's way too crowded in the jails
T.V. is our teacher now the schools are overrun by thugs
And children skip their innocence and graduate to sex and drugs
Right is wrong and wrong is right White is black and black is white
I think I just lost my appetite
Stop the world I want to get off

Stop the world I want to get off
This is too weird for me
Stop the world I want to get off
I get the definite impression
That this isn't how it's meant to be

Fear is taking over anxiety is on the rise
Well you can feel it in the air. You can see it in your neighbor's eyes
The working man is desperate, he can't support his family
And we could pull the nation out of debt for what we spend on locks and keys
And even suburbia is under attack
They're all buying handguns. Trying to fight back
There's a vigilante picnicIn the cul de sac
Stop the world I want to get off

Stop the world I want to get off
This is too weird for me
Stop the world I want to get off
I've just got to find a planet
Where they're interested in sanity
Hey yeah

I wish I had some spaceman gear
I swear I'd fly away from here
I cry to God this fervent prayer
"Oh, please, just take me anywhere
Don't leave me here"

We take our loftiest intentions and engrave them all neatly in stone
And once they're safely up there we'd prefer that they just leave us alone
Cause it's the law of the jungle with distinctly carnivorous vibes
Yeah, we may dress up in tuxedos, but we function like Germanic tribes

It's the age old sin in a modern day
From the club of Cain to the laser ray
But now we can blow everybody away
Stop the world I want to get off

Stop the world I want to get off
This is too weird, a little too weird
Stop the world I want to get off
I've just got to find a planet
Well I've just got to find a planet
Got to find a planet where
They're interested in sanity

yeah, yeah
Somebody stop the world
Ooh yeah
Somebody stop the world

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from Celebrate This Heartbeat, released May 29, 2021

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Randy Stonehill South Carolina

Randy Stonehill has been busy delivering heart-driven, relevant Christian music for more than 50 years. His first album "Born Twice," produced by Larry Norman was released in 1971, marking 2021 as Randy's Golden anniversary.
He’s written hundreds of songs with 27 releases and counting, and he’s responsible for some of the most authentic, influential Christian music ever written. ... more

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