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I Got a Reprobate Mind

from 3200 W 22nd Court by Mike Lawson & Friends

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I once had one of those "TV" preacher wanna be con man types say I had a reprobate mind. That stuck with me, the irony. Kind of a compliment coming from a full bore grifter. This is my full on display of disdain for the hypocrites of that fan club but reserving respect for the intent of the red letters...many years later

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You talk about mercy
Deliver me pain
You say that fire coming from the skies
and it’s about to rain
And I don’t believe it
No! I don’t believe it
I’m trying hard to be kind
And you telling me I’m blind
That’s just the way I was designed
Cuz I got a reprobate mind

You talk about heaven
Then you give me hell
Will I be flying high up in the sky
it’s really hard to tell
When I don’t believe it
No! I just don’t believe it
There’s just so much to unwind
At that table where He dined
That’s just the way I was designed
Cuz I got a reprobate mind

Every story that you tell they sound so wonderful and swell
I think I’m falling for it in the sweet by and by
Start running out of my defenses while I’m coming to my
senses
You know there ain’t nobody gonna have a mansion in the
sky

You don’t like black folks
the brown or the yellow
But you pretend you do in front of me
cuz you’re that kind of fellow
You say you’re believing
When you’re really deceiving
You say that I’ll be left behind
Well I guess that was assigned
That’s just the way I was designed
Cuz I got a reprobate mind

You talk about Jesus
And God and the devil
But I seen the way you really are
so none of that was on the level
You say I receive it!
Oh! If I really believe it
But I saw your pockets that you lined
You should be locked away and fined
That’s just the way I was designed
Cuz I got a reprobate mind

I got a reprobate mind
I got a reprobate mind
I got a reprobate mind

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from 3200 W 22nd Court, released December 21, 2021
Mike Lawson - Guitar/Vocals/Fender Bass
Denise Stewart Bates - Backing Vocals
Phil Madeira - Hammond organ
Mark Pfaff - Mouth Harp

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Mike Lawson & Friends Nashville, Tennessee

Mike Lawson has, over 30 years, recorded and/or performed together with Merl Saunders, Vince Welnick, Vassar Clements, Pete Sears, Gary Talley, John McEuen, Bob Welch, Dennis Robbins, Joe Louis Walker, Jorma Kaukonen, Phil Keaggy, Jack Casady, Scott Guberman, Dianne Davidson, Noah Wall, Tyra Juliette, Bill Vitt, Rob Wasserman, Michael Cleveland, Phil Madeira, and a host of other amazing friends. ... more

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