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Today’s post is a little off topic but nonetheless I wanted to write something about it. Who is Larry Norman you are probably asking? Well he was a Christian ‘rock n roll’ singer who came to fame in the late 60s and early 70s. A former ‘troublemaker’ who was into drugs and everything else, he converted to Christianity and devoted the rest of his life to God. I recently found out that sadly he died in February this year at the young age of 60. God finally caught up with him.

I mention him because in the mid 70s he was one of my favorite artists and I had all his records and played them non-stop (probably much to the annoyance of my parents). As is mentioned in this article he brought his own unique style of rock and roll to Christian music at a time when it wasn’t done to do so. One of his famous lyrics is “why should the devil have all the good music?” and that just about summed him up. I still use two of his lyric lines in social network quotes (Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) that hold a special significance for me:

• “What a mess this world is in! I wonder who began it? Don’t ask me, I’m only visiting this planet.”
• “This world is not my home - I’m just passing through”

Sometimes small things from our past affect us deeply as we travel life’s journey and these are definitely two little thoughts that have stayed with me.

So, I’ll finish with a short set of lyrics from a Larry Norman song entitled “Pardon Me” and I’ll let Larry go to that place where all musicians go - inside a small piece of my heart. Bye Larry.

“Pardon Me”

Pardon me
Kissing you
Like I’m afraid
But I know I’m being
Played with
And you’ll leave me
When you get the chance

Off you’ll go
In the darkness
Of the night
Like a bird
In freedom’s flight
You’re thinking only
Of deliverance

Pardon me

- Break -

Close your eyes
And pretend that
You are me
See how empty
It can be
Making love
If Love’s not
Really there

Watch me go
Watch me walk away alone
As your clothing
Comes undone
And you pull the ribbons
From your hair

Pardon me

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