Story Behind the Song
Peter Lufrano, my label partner, wrote the majority of this lyric reflecting on his own fears about money. I altered the message to make it more palpable for the masses and created the tune, which I sung down to my music collaborator, Jonathan DuBose, Jr. What resulted is a prophetic song about the end times. There is a stirring in the world... a nervous energy about our wealth that is noticably more 'digital' than actual and a simple glitch in our computers could begin a catastrophic event of massive propotions. So the lyric, although difficult to write about, is based in Truth.
This tune was the first I recorded for the new release and is the only one that rocks this hard. My purpose is to have something for everyone on this release and I recorded the main vocal ONCE and added the over-lays toward the end of the total session. Jonathan added his guitars AFTER all the vocals were in place... so the song was recorded over a total of five months!!
Available only on the original release of GETHSEMANE HOUR, available directly from EdenDust Records.
Lyrics
Lyrics
WALL STREET
(Douglas Powell, Peter Lufrano, Jonathan DuBose Jr.)
(How sad He must be?)
(Lets do it! You better act like you know. Alright.)
(VERSE ONE)
JUST LIKE THE ANTS,
SMALL AND BUSY,
ALL GOD SEES,
IS FEAR AND FRENZY.
HOW SAD HE MUST BE
DAILY WATCHING
OUR FAITH RISE AND FALL,
WITH THE NUMBERS ON THE WALL
HE KNOWS ALL OF OUR SCHEMES
WILL COME TO A HALT
WHEN THIS WORLD
BECOMES DUST AND SALT
THE STOCKS WILL PLUNGE
AS FEAR PREVAILS
HOW CAN YOU RECOVER FROM FIRE AND HAIL?
(CHORUS)
WILL GOLD SAVE YOUR SOUL
WHEN WALL STREET CRASHES?
WHERE CAN YOU GO
WHEN ALL IS ASHES?
DIDNT YOU KNOW,
WERE YOU NOT TOLD?
WHY DO YOU THINK
THEY CALL IT FOOLS GOLD?
WHEN WHAT YOU CHERISHED IS GONE
NOW YOURE STANDING ALONE
WITHOUT A PENNY,
OH, WHAT A PITY!
(VERSE TWO)
CHRIST WILL SOON COME,
ITS THE LAST DAYS
TO RULE AND TO JUDGE
ALL OUR WICKED WAYS
NOW, HES BEEN ON HIGH
WATCHING OVER
WHILE WE WATCH TARANTINO
AND PLAY CRAPS IN THE CASINO
(ON REPEAT)
THE CRAPS IN THE CASINO
AND THE THINGS WE DO FOR C-NOTES
NOW ALL OF OUR SCHEMES
MUST COME TO A HALT
CAUSE THIS WORLDS, ABOUT TO DOUBLE FAULT
(REPEAT CHORUS)
WALL STREET, WALL STREET, ARE YOU LISTENING?
PHARISEES, DO YOU HEAR ME? YEAH!!
(REPEAT, VERSE TWO)
THE STOCKS WILL PLUNGE AS FEAR PREVAILS
HOW CAN YOU RECOVER FROM FIRE AND HAIL?!!
(REPEAT CHORUS)
(TAG)
WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN WALL STREET CRASHES?
WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN ALL IS ASHES?
GIVE GOD YOUR SOUL IN THESE LAST DAYS,
TIME NOW TO TURN FROM YOUR WICKED WAYS.
PLEASE DONT DELAY, ITS THE LAST DAYS.
PLEASE DONT DELAY IN THESE LAST DAYS.
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6: 24
©1999 - EdenDust Publishing / JoBo Publishing (BMI)
All Vocals: BrotherDouglas.
All Instrument Programming: Jonathan DuBose, Jr.
All Guitars: Jonathan DuBose, Jr.
Recorded and Mixed by Edwin Ramos, Jr. at Capricorn One Sound Studios, Bridgeport, CT.
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