The Trial - Brian Dewan

The court calls John Q. Public Nuisance to the stand

You are on trial for breaking laws throughout the land

Here a misdemeanor and there a felony

Remorselessly destroying private property

Breaking people’s windows and vandalizing signs

Defacing public statues and condoning petty crimes

Dismiss the angry plaintiffs with a shrug or a guffaw

Hobby or profession, it is still against the law

The court calls John Q. Public Nuisance to the stand

You are on trial for disobeying God’s command

In thought and word, in word and deed you have blasphemed

Now only by Christ’s mercy can you be redeemed

Though you indulge an appetite for every sinful vice

Jesus offered up himself as a pascal sacrifice

He turned the other cheek and taught us to forgive

Did you not know he died that you and I may live?

Although it’s evident you’re guilty as can be

You’ve been acquitted on a technicality

The strife is o’er now, but in its aftermath

Jesus will be lenient, but God will show his wrath