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The little boy is the grown man who never recieved an answer to his letter from god (personal opinion).
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Lyrics
Dear God, hope you get the letter and
I pray you can make it better down here
I don’t mean 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 amount of tears
And all the people that you made in your image
See them fighting in the street
’Cause they can’t make opinions meet about God
I 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 noticed but
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book
And us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look
And all the people that you made in your image
Still believing 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
I won’t believe in heaven or hell
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well
No pearly gates, no thorny crown
You’re always letting 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’ll perceive
That my heart’s here upon my sleeve
If there’s one thing I don’t believe in
It’s you
Dear God.
Dear God“ is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the B-side to the single “Grass“ from their 1986 album Skylarking. It was inspired by a series of books with the same title, seen by Partridge as exploitation of children. After DJs across America picked up the song, Geffen Records recalled and repressed the album with the track included.
Released: 16 August 1986.
Format: 7“ vinyl.
Recorded: 1986
Label: Virgin.
Songwriter(s): Andy Partridge.
Producer(s): Todd Rundgren
The music video for “Dear God“ received the 1987 Billboard Best Video award and was also nominated for three categories at the MTV Video Music Awards. In 2009 the song was ranked at No. 62 on VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.
Background
According to Partridge, the track had been left off Skylarking because a Virgin Records executive was concerned about the album’s length, and advised that the song may upset American audiences; “I reluctantly agreed because I thought I hadn’t written a strong enough take on religion. I thought I’d kind of failed.“Producer Todd Rundgren had a different recollection, and said that Partridge demanded that the song be pulled because “He was afraid that there would be repercussions personally for him for taking on such a thorny subject. ... What a pussy. ... I called them and said, ’This is a mistake.’“Moulding also admitted that Rundgren had the song in his original tracklisting. The first verse and closing line are sung by eight-year-old Jasmine Veillette, the daughter of a friend of Rundgren. In the video a boy lip-syncs her vocals.
Some controversy broke out over the song’s anti-religious lyrics, which inspired some violent incidents. In Florida, a radio station received a bomb threat, and in New York, a student forced their school to play the song over its public-address system by holding a faculty member at knife-point. Nonetheless, the commercial success of “Dear God“ propelled Skylarking to sell more than 250,000 units, and it raised the band’s profile among American college youth.
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