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Topic: Breaking the Rules (08/16/04)
TITLE: Take Two Tablets (and call me in the morning) By Al Boyce 08/16/04 |
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Though simple they may seem
They paint what's right and wrong for us
In life, or on a team
They help us stay within the bounds
Of decency or law
Yet often we ignore them all
Alas, our species' flaw.
We broke the first one long ago
(Though since we haven't quit)
"As for the tree of knowledge
Thou shalt not eat of it"
One bite was all we needed, for
Once we had tasted sin
Like rabid dogs we wanted more
Of all things forbidden
God then handed down ten laws
To bring us back to heel
But to those who can't keep one
Ten is no great deal
We're funny, though we don't like rules
We still make up our own
For golf and soccer, games of cards
And then we all bemoan
No matter how we legislate
Each contest or track meet
As long as humans are involved
We'll find a way to cheat.
And those who through their merit try
To re-enter the Lord's flock
Find their self-made righteousness
Is just a stumbling block
At long last God has come around
His rules are back -- to one
Life eternal, free to those
Who embrace His only son.