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Dear God, I Hope you got the letter and
I pray that you can make it better down here.
I don't need a big reduction in the price of beer.
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat
From God.
I Can't believe in you.
Dear God,
Sorry to disturb you but,
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in amounts of tears
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meet
About God.
Can't believe in you.
Did you make disease
And the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind
After we made you?
And the Devil too...
Dear God, Don't know if you've noticed but
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this Book.
Us crazy humans wrote it; you should take a look.
And all the people that you made in your image
Still believin' that junk is true.
Well, I know it ain't and so do you,
Dear God.
I can't believe in...
I don't believe in...
I won't believe in Heaven and Hell,
No saints, no sinners, no Devil as well,
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You're always lettin' us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown,
Those lost at sea and never found.
And it's the same the whole world 'round,
The hurt I see helps to compound
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax.
And if you're up there, you perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve.
If there's one thing I don't believe in...
It's you,
Dear God.

Krispian Sep 11, 2006 - 01:07	bakedjake wrote: blasphemy. where the hell is XTC when you need them? Certainly not here. [ Reply ]
winter Jul 06, 2005 - 23:43	Machiavelli wrote: Credit definitely goes to XTC for a good song, and Andy Partridge for great lyrics, but Sarah's voice does a powerful job of conveying the emotion, especially the anger - I like the original, but I love the cover. Hear, hear! [ Reply ]
jovino Nov 04, 2003 - 15:55	Dear God, don't let Sarah cover this song! If God was one of us, he'd tell her to shut up! UGH! [ Reply ]
misterlee Nov 04, 2003 - 15:54	qbee wrote: I love this song, and love Sarah, but it mostly makes me think "wow, I'd sure love to hear XTC!" or perhaps some Dukes of Stratosphere? Right On!!! [ Reply ]
qbee Oct 04, 2003 - 22:08	I love this song, and love Sarah, but it mostly makes me think "wow, I'd sure love to hear XTC!" or perhaps some Dukes of Stratosphere? [ Reply ]
Machiavelli Sep 24, 2003 - 16:47	Credit definitely goes to XTC for a good song, and Andy Partridge for great lyrics, but Sarah's voice does a powerful job of conveying the emotion, especially the anger - I like the original, but I love the cover. [ Reply ]
catmanning Sep 04, 2003 - 18:25	i like sarah. but xtc just had this down. loved the kids voice in the original. i had all of the xtc tapes. still favor them. [ Reply ]
Shimmer Aug 14, 2003 - 23:03	She sucked all the anger out of an angry song! What's left is pretty, but empty. [ Reply ]
coldatlantic Jul 25, 2003 - 13:03	I love Sarah's voice, but I find her music just dilutes good ideas. It drowns them in a soup of breathy padded background vocals.. This would be cool to hear live as an homage to the original, but as a recording it's less quirky and less endearing. [ Reply ]
southend Jul 25, 2003 - 13:00	What? What? What? I just can't relate to this. "I don't need a reduction in the price of beer" That's devil talk! [ Reply ]
marci28 Jul 15, 2003 - 08:25	nice cover. [ Reply ]
silverpoet Jul 15, 2003 - 08:19	don't care what y'all say... Sarah rocks [ Reply ]
bakedjake Jul 15, 2003 - 08:17	blasphemy. where the hell is XTC when you need them? [ Reply ]
catsoup Jun 04, 2003 - 13:09	I'm not quite sure what emotion she's trying to convey. Overall, a muddled half-attempt at a cover. We need a "Straight to the dustbin!" rating. [ Reply ]
pigglywiggly Jun 04, 2003 - 13:09	Yep, she trying way too hard with this. Blech. :( [ Reply ]
dignan2 Jun 04, 2003 - 13:09	Sorry, Sarah. XTC's is the better version. [ Reply ]
AliGator Jun 04, 2003 - 13:07	I think I prefer the original. Gotta love the guitar as done by XTC. [ Reply ]
kerneld Jun 04, 2003 - 13:07	I like Sarah McLachlan, but I don't like this song very much. [ Reply ]
tulfan Jun 04, 2003 - 13:06	Originally Posted by Eulogy: Theres just too much faux emotion piled on top of what was orignially a cold declaration of atheism. Your comments nailed it for me. This is way to feigned for inclusion in this format... [ Reply ]
Time37 May 15, 2003 - 04:25	I am a sucker for cover songs, but the case is very rare in which a cover surpasses the original (Vedder doing Masters of War!!!). However, I think I like Sarah's version better than the XTC original. [ Reply ]