NOW IT’S OVER; THAT’S ALRIGHT [CIW, 4-23-21]

 NOW IT’S OVER; THAT’S ALRIGHT [CIW, 4-23-21]

[With thanks to Bob Dylan]

 

It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, God

If you don’t know by now

And it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, God

I never needed to take a bow

When the rooster crows thrice at the break of dawn

I’m followin’ Jesus, so I’ll be gone

You’re the reason I did any travlin’ at all

Now it’s over; that’s alright.

 

I know it ain’t no use to pray for more, God

Those prayers I never understood

I know it ain’t no use to pray for more, God

I’m walkin’ toward that ash tree wood

But I kinda wish you’d change the rules for me

I’d like to see the way the future might be

You never did too much answerin’ anyway

Now it’s over; that’s alright.

 

It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, God

You never were quite clear

It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, God

I ain’t got nothin’ more to fear

I’m thinkin’ and prayin’ all the way down the road

I once was a preacher, pretty good I’m told

I gave it my heart, I gave it my soul

Now it’s over; that’s alright

 

So long, old world, I’m now goin’

Where I’m bound, I can’t tell

Goodbye is too good a word, world

So I’ll just ring that final bell

I ain’t sayin’ I wasted my life

Tryin’ to make you better, end all your strife

At least I had a hell of a good wife

Now it’s over; that’s alright

 

John Robert McFarland