Two Seas Music - It's No Laughing Matter
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(The Diminishing Returns Blues)
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It's No Laughing Matter - copyright © 2007 by Charlie Comstock and Two Seas Music4/4 time - country acoustic bluesy feeling (like something from Pat Donahue on the Prarie Home Companion)
Verse 1
Driving down the highway. Foot stompin’ on the gas.
Yelling at the slow pokes, You just gotta go fast.
There’s no time to slow down. No time to think.
You’re one curve from disaster, Your ship’s about to sink.
Chorus
There’s just one way to go. You got one way to turn.
That one way is Jesus, it’s Him or else you burn.
It’s no laughing matter.
Verse 2
Your TV is telling you, to buy a better life.
A faster car, a bigger house, you need a sexy wife.
But one thing they don’t tell you, one thing they don’t say.
Those things they won’t matter, on the final day.
Chorus
There’s just one way to go. You’ve got one way to turn.
That one way is Jesus, it’s Him or else you’ll burn.
It’s no laughing matter.
Verse 3
You go out for a few beers, you’re beginning to unwind.
That gal on the next bar stool, looks so nice and kind.
You say that there’s no problem, you look but you don’t touch.
But your heart is getting blacker, on account of all your lust.
Chorus
There’s just one way to go. You’ve got one way to turn.
That one way is Jesus, it’s Him or else you’ll burn.
It’s no laughing matter.Verse 4
Now you’ve been delaying, putting off what you need to do.
Ya gotta make a decision, it’s really up to you.
There’s no safety on the side lines, no refuge there for you.
You’re stretching thin God’s patience, when will He send for you?
Chorus
There’s just one way to go. You’ve got one way to turn.
That one way is Jesus, it’s Him or else you’ll burn.
It’s no laughing matter.
Outro - spoken
It’s not a laughing matter.
You ain’t gonna grin.
There’ll be no way out
When you stand in front of Him.