Thursday, February 18, 2010

Laughing With

I heard this song by Regina Spektor today and it really made me think...it is so true. Think about it. So many people make "god jokes" (little g god jokes) because they think He is not really there, He is merely the butt of a joke to them. Do they laugh when they are in pain? Do they laugh at God when they need Him? I think she did well capturing that thought in this song:



No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God
When they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God
When the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one’s laughing at God
When it’s gotten real late
And their kid’s not back from the party yet

No one laughs at God
When their airplane start to uncontrollably shake
No one’s laughing at God
When they see the one they love, hand in hand with someone else
And they hope that they’re mistaken

No one laughs at God
When the cops knock on their door
And they say we got some bad news, sir
No one’s laughing at God
When there’s a famine or fire or flood

*Chorus*
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke
God can be funny,
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious
Ha ha
Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God
When they’ve lost all they’ve got
And they don’t know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize
That the last sight they’ll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes
No one’s laughing at God when they’re saying their goodbyes
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke
God can be funny,
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughing at God in hospital
No one’s laughing at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very
poor

No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
We’re all laughing with God

3 comments:

rebekah said...

this is one of my favorite songs by her. so good.

Uriel said...

Have you seen the video? It fits very well.
I really love that song too, just overall it's one of a few songs I've heard that leave me speechless. It's like watching the Passion of the Christ or something.

On the odd end, I can't believe she did a concert to benefit "Planned Parenthood" - Like Oswald Chambers said, (using Oscar Wilde as an example) unregenerate people have some of the most profound visions and most beautiful words, they just don't have the power to live them out.

Melody said...

I agree completely! She does have amazing insight (she comes from a russian jewish family) but she doesn't apply it well...