This song is a commentary about how the main body of Christ is ignoring their marching orders given by Christ and opts for a more worldly approach towards getting people into the pews. While this song doesn't speak to all Christians, it does speak to the churches that seem to be watering down the message, not making it too spicy for the weak tongues of the world. The song starts out with a supermarket scene. You overhear a light Jazz swing with "Call Me Irresponsible" lightly sung in the background. The "clerk" is calling out price checks and diverting the customers attention towards superficial things, all the while, the one "product" is being ignored. Rising in the background is a trumpet-type of sound growing in intensity, until it's the only thing you hear. The song suddenly cuts to "the prophet", speaking a dyre warning to the flock. Lyrics: Verse 1: Brothers, can you hear me Sisters, don't you know Time is drawing nearer and soon, we got to go So why are you restin' in the middle of the race and feeding the blind with ice cream and cake Refrain: (ahooh, ahooh) Are you blind?! (ahooh, ahooh) Are you asleep?! (ahooh, ahooh) The trumpet gonna sound (ahooh, ahooh) Better get back up on your feet Verse 2: Brothers and sisters listen to my plea, you got one eye on the world and one eye on the King. When you stand before the man what you gonna say when you come up empty handed on that final day? Refrain: (ahooh, ahooh) Are you blind?! (ahooh, ahooh) Are you asleep?! (ahooh, ahooh) The trumpet gonna sound (ahooh, ahooh) Better get back on your feet Verse 3: Sisters and brothers time is growin' short the judge is a commin' with His verdict in His sword. Where will you stand on that final day? Will he find you naked confused and ashamed? Refrain: (ahooh, ahooh) Are you blind?! (ahooh, ahooh) Are you asleep?! (ahooh, ahooh) The trumpet gonna sound (ahooh, ahooh) Better get back on your feet ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-X5GGeqtS8

Yep, this is a sappy song...and I love it for two reasons. One,..it was performed by one of my all time favorite Tenors, Mario Lanza, and two, and this reason is the most important, I think of my beloved wife Sonja. Sweety, this night is for you. You can follow / catch up at the 1st link below, make song requests and help support this odyssey. ALL proceeds will go to the Green Hills Animal Shelter in Trenton, MO (http://greenhillsanimalshelter.org). I will keep this GoFundMe cause open throughout the year and close it out once this is over and present the check to the shelter where it will help a lot of critters. Follow: http://bit.ly/1f3uf4n Song requests: http://bit.ly/1Nj1Hlf Help @ GoFundMe: http://bit.ly/1UyZEvu ‪#‎undertheoverpass‬ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgou2uM74gM

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This was one of my very first German pieces in beginning voice by Schumann I love singing the language and coupled with the brooding theme of the piece, what seventeen year old wouldn't love it....well, at least this former seventeen year old. Jeff Nolte was my first voice teacher in college that truly emphasized a close relationship between technique and artistry. I miss him. I hope I do you proud. Here is the German: Aus der Heimat hinter den Blitzen rot Da kommen die Wolken her, Aber Vater und Mutter sind lange tot, Es kennt mich dort keiner mehr. Wie bald, ach wie bald kommt die stille Zeit, Da ruhe ich auch, und über mir Rauscht die schöne Waldeinsamkeit, Und keiner kennt mich mehr hier. Here is the English translation: Where once at home I laid my head stormclouds fill the air, but Father and Mother are long since dead and no one remembers me there. How soon, how soon and with what ease the time of rest draws near: the wind will rustle through the trees and none will remember me here. You can follow / catch up at the 1st link below, make song requests and help support this odyssey. ALL proceeds will go to the Green Hills Animal Shelter in Trenton, MO (http://greenhillsanimalshelter.org). I will keep this GoFundMe cause open throughout the year and close it out once this is over and present the check to the shelter where it will help a lot of critters. Follow: http://bit.ly/1f3uf4n Song requests: http://bit.ly/1Nj1Hlf Help @ GoFundMe: http://bit.ly/1UyZEvu #undertheoverpass ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oky07-DS2Ig