Revelation

Somewhere in Vietnam

A nineteen year old soldier stumbled from a bar room

He said, "I must be seeing things

That bourbon hit me like a baseball bat"

In Belfast, Ireland

A little lady dropped her shovel in her garden

As she raced across her yard

And asked her neighbor, Mrs. Clancy, "What was that?"

In Memphis, Tennesse

A teacher raised the window closest to the river

And the children in her classroom

Swore they heard a choir singin' down the street

In Washington, D.C.

A private secretary's lips began to quiver

And the President just put aside some papers

And rose quickly to his feet

And I lay in a cheap motel

In the arms of someone else's woman

When a loud explosion rocked the room

And turned the morning into night

And I jumped out of bed

And ran into the street with hardly any clothes on

And as the sky lit up

My heart stood still and I could feel my face turn white

All at once the clouds rolled back

And there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory

And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen

Were lookin' straight at me

I guess I was awakened

By the penetrating sound of my own screaming

It didn't take me long to stumble out of bed

Fall down on my knees

As tears rolled down my face

I cried "Dear God, I'm thankful I was only dreaming

And if I never go to hell, Lord

It will be because You scared it out of me"