Just Because You Like To Do It, That Don't Make It Right by Jerry Rasmussen

Jerry's Comments:  I like to play country blues on guitar, and was fooling around with a fairly familiar chord progression, somewhat like the start of Fishin' Blues, and these words came out. Thomas Dorsey, the Father of Gospel Music recorded as Georgia Tom, doing country blues, before he started writing gospel. This song could have been one of his, in his country blues days, with a gospel message. If anyone wants to reach me, my e-mail address is gospelmessengers@msn.com.

God came to Noah, late one day said, "Son, I got a job for you
I'm getting mighty tired of these people 'round here, doing what they want to do
I've told 'em once, I've told 'em twice
They never want to listen to my advice
So build yourself a boat, and get on out of here (spoken.. before it rains.")

CHORUS:
Well, I ain't been to Heaven but I've been told, the streets up there are lined with gold
I ain't been to Hell, but from what I hear, it can get mighty hot down there
So you better mind your manners, watch your "P's" and "Q's"
'Cause you don't know when God's watching youAnd just because you like to do it, that don't make it right

God sent Jonah far across the sea, in the belly of a whale
Sent him on down to Ninevah, and he lived to tell the tale
He told them people, "Better mind your ways,
Or God's gonna put you in an early grave
Just because you like to do it, that don't make it right."

You can read it in the papers and the magazines, this world's about to go to Hell
Kids are shooting drugs, kids are shooting kids, and things too fierce to tell
You can do what you want, say what you say
But you'd better get ready for judgment day
And just becayse you like to do it, that don't make it right

Copyright ©2002 Words and music by Jerry Rasmussen