Name: Group W Bench
Duration: P00H02M32S
Description: This is about the time of Alice's Restaurant, and I was feeling frisky and defiant in my Jesusfreak persona, and this came out. One of Doug's bandmates looked at a chart of this that Doug had tried to write out and said, "Mate, how are we gonna play THAT?" I'm not even sure this one has a time signature. (Mother's Pride Cola was a little regional brand of soda in the midwestern US.)

Group W Bench

from maranatha by Megan Sue Hicks

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This is about the time of Alice's Restaurant, and I was feeling frisky and defiant in my Jesusfreak persona, and this came out. One of Doug's bandmates looked at a chart of this that Doug had tried to write out and said, "Mate, how are we gonna play THAT?" I'm not even sure this one has a time signature. (Mother's Pride Cola was a little regional brand of soda in the midwestern US.)

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I'm sittin' on the Group W Bench
Quietly sipping Mother's Pride Cola,
Waiting for the coming of the Lord.

Jesus said he'd raise up a peculiar race of people.
Thank you, man, for lookin' at me like you think I'm weird.
I'm flying high.
You cannot buy
What my mind's tuned in on.
Love, joy, and peace are free for asking Jesus
If he'll remove the barbed wire of the things you've always feared.

And I'm sittin' on the Group W Bench...

Jesus said, I leave you peace. A comforter I give you.
Sorrows, aches, and downers come.
They only last a season.
Until you're low
You'll never know
The way to grow
In depth as well as height.
And underneath the tears and wrenching
There's a still, small voice
Restoring peace and reason.

That's why I'm sittin on the Group W Bench...

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from maranatha, released May 29, 2020

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Megan Sue Hicks Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In my teens and twenties I wanted to be a rich and famous singer-songwriter. In my 30s I wanted to be a rich and famous bestselling novelist. In my late 30's I discovered that what I really am is a storyteller, and that's how I've been making my way in the world for the past many years. You can find more about that at megahicks.com ... more

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