I Wish We'd All Been Ready
Larry Norman

1 Corinthians 15:51-53

      1. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
      2. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:  for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
      3. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

          Life was filled with guns and war
          And everyone got trampled on the floor.
          I wish we'd all been ready.
          Children died, the days grew cold,
          A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold.
          I wish we'd all been ready.
          There's no time to change your mind,
          The Son has come and you've been left behind.

          A man and wife asleep in bed,
          She hears a noise, she turns her head, he's gone!
          I wish we'd all been ready.
          Two men walking up a hill,
          One disappears and one's left standing still.
          I wish we'd all been ready.
          There's no time to change your mind,
          The Son has come and you've been left behind.

          There's no time to change your mind.
          How could you have been so blind?
          The Father spoke, the demons dined,
          The Son has come and you've been left behind.
          You've been left behind
          You've been left behind!


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