Slow Train Comin

I was out doing errands a few minutes ago, listening to a cd called, "Slow Train Comin"; a Christian/Spiritual cd done by Bob Dylan in the early 1980's. I can just see the question marks above people's heads when they see the words Bob Dylan and Christian music in the same sentence. He released two cd's that spoke of the Lord and of how times are in this world. The other cd is called, "SAVED". I would encourage you to see if you can find sound bites of these on the web, or buy the cd's - they were so helpful to me during one of the roughest times of my life, and when my precious daughter sent them to me for my 50th birthday not long ago, it literally brought me to tears - she sent me something that she knew had such importance in my life.
As I was driving and "Slow Train Comin"was playing, and I knew I had to share the lyrics with you. See how those words penned over 20 years ago apply moreso today than they did then.


"SLOW TRAIN COMIN"
Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
Can't help but wonder what's happenin' to my companions
Are they lost or are they found, have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down
All their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon?
There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend.
I had a woman down in Alabama,
She was a backwoods girl, but she sure was realistic.
She said, "Boy, without a doubt, have to quit your mess and straighten out,
You could die down here, be just another accident statistic.
"There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend.
All that foreign oil controlling American soil,
Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed.
Sheiks walkin' around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings
Deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to Paris
And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend.
Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more.
You can't rely no more to be standin' around waitin'
In the home of the brave, Jefferson turnin' over in his grave.
Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan
And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend.
Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters.
Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition
But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency
All non-believers and men stealers talkin' in the name of religion
And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend.
People starving and thirsting, grain elevators are bursting
Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than it do to give it.
They say lose your inhibitions, follow your own ambitions
They talk about a life of brotherly love, show me someone who knows how to live it.
There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend.
Well, my baby went to Illinois with some bad-talkin' boy she could destroy
A real suicide case, but there was nothin' I could do to stop it
I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy
But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets,
There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend.