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Fuckups and Sinners

from I Want to Be Changed by John R. Mabry

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I like to call this the best damn gospel song you will never hear in church.

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I’m not the man that I could be, and maybe not should be, but I’m not concerned. ‘Cause if I didn’t wander, well how could I ponder all that I’ve learned? And it doesn’t seem fair, but I don’t think God cares. Jesus ate dinner with fuckups and sinners, so I know I’m welcome there. / There’s not a man or a woman who holds my admiration who’s not a son of a bitch. Dionysus and Apollo are coupling in the hollow, and the alchemy’s rich. And it doesn’t seem fair, but I don’t think God gives a damn. Jesus ate dinner with fuckups and sinners, so I know I’m welcome there. / Well, he loved the sinner—he may even love the sin. Holiness ain’t ’bout what you shut out, no it’s ’bout what you let in. Well, he ate with the whore, and he ate with the traitor. He ate with the priest, and about a million masturbators. He ate with the hypocrites, and he ate with thieves...he’ll eat with me. / So pull up to the table, however you’re able. You don’t have to be useful, or mentally stable. There’s food for the hungry, and for those who thirst, well you guys go first. Jesus ate dinner with fuckups and sinners...so I know I’m welcome there.

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from I Want to Be Changed, released October 8, 2021
Bass: Alberto Peña; drums: John Hasty; guitar: John Mabry; pedal steel: Hamilton Belk.

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John R. Mabry Hannacroix, New York

John R. Mabry lives with his wife and dogs in Hannacroix, NY. He is a writer, spiritual director, and director of the Interfaith spiritual direction certificate program at the Chaplaincy Institute.

www.johnrmabry.com

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