The Likes Of Me

The August, 2022 GtSD (Going the Social Distance Tour) song release is called, "The Likes Of Me".

The Song

Click play, above, to start the song, or you can Download "The Likes Of Me" here. (You might have to right click on the player and save the file to your disk.)

Payment (if you must)

Venmo: My Venmo account is @RonHallMusic

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I'm releasing this on a Pay what you want basis. Niney-nine cents? A Dollar? A million dollars? Whatever you wish. ...and if you'd like to have it for free, then free it shall be. I hope you enjoy the song, and I thank you for listening.

The Inspiration

How much sin is too much sin? How far over the line have I gone in my lifetime?

They say if you tell a lie once, all your truths become questionable. By that rationale, engage in any kind of sin once, and I guess we're goners.

Personally, I've sinned way more than once and, I'll betcha, so have you.

Personally, I come from a long line of sinners, for my family tree goes all the way back to Adam. I come by it naturally.

Happily, though, the Bible says our sins are forgiven, but at what cost? Did God's one and only beloved Son suffer horrendously and give up His life for me? Seriously?

For the likes of me? Who would do that for the likes of me? That's hard for me to wrap my head around.

One of the most God-like humans that I know once said that she doesn't claim to follow any religion or use any label other than, "I'm a follower of Jesus". I think that's a good plan. So much ill has been done in this world in the name of religions, but Jesus didn't teach religion. He taught love.

That's what I want to do. Walk in Love. I've sinned too much to be forgiven and yet I'm forgiven anyway. Wow.

There's hope for us all. It gives me hope, it gives me hope, it gives me hope.

The Likes Of Me

Well you can dunk me in the river,
Or in the middle of the sea,
But there’s just not enough water on the planet
To wash these sins from me.

Ah, but Jesus loved a hooker, and He forgave a dying thief.
It gives me hope to know His heart could hold a love
To love the likes of me.

It gives me hope to know His heart could hold a love
To love the likes of me.

I’m not a sinner ‘cause I’ve sinned,
No, I sin ‘cause I’m a sinner.
One’s just a label and the other is a way of life.

When Adam bit the apple, he planted my family tree.
Eden never needed any weedin’ ‘til the likes of me.

Oh, Eden never needed any weedin’ ‘til the likes of me.

For the likes of me, God’s own Son was killed.
For the likes of me, what a price to pay.
For the likes of me, God’s own blood was spilled,
So the likes of me might be saved.

I could hail a thousand Marys,
And spend a lifetime on my knees,
But there’s just not enough penance on the planet
For a priest to pardon me.

Ah, but Jesus loves the fallen,
And we all fell from that tree.
Only Jesus has the holy hand of mercy for the likes of me.
Holy Jesus has the only hand of mercy for the likes of me.

For the likes of me, God’s own Son was killed.
For the likes of me, what a price to pay.
For the likes of me, God’s own blood was spilled,
So the likes of me might be saved.

Well you can dunk me in the river,
Or in the middle of the sea,
But only Jesus has the holy hand of mercy for the likes of me.

It gives me hope to know His heart could hold a love
To love the likes of me.

It gives me hope. It gives me hope.
It gives me hope. It gives me hope.