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FROM THE SIN (THE JIMMY SWAGGART SCANDAL)

from EXPERIMENTAL TAPE (2024 Remaster) by The Santairs

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This basic tune is pretty much self-explanatory. I wrote this soon after the Jimmy Swaggart scandal took place in 1988 (and later to be repeated in 1991, though this song doesn't reflect that, since quite frankly, I really didn't care.) This song has obvious musical overtones from the song “Silhouettes” by The Rays back in the 50's.
This is song #292.

Recorded at The CELL BLOCK Studio in Auburn, WA.

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And When He Said He Sinned Against Us,
Did He Not Know That He Lied To Himself?
It Doesn't Matter If We Ever Forgive Him.
It's Up To Him To Be The Way He Is.

When He Was Born, Did God Exist,
Or Did He Make His Own Illusions?
He Might Have Fooled Everyone In A Church.
And If He Did, Are We Not Equal To Him?

And I Know (And I Know), And I Try (And I Try) To Find A Way
To Forgive (To Forgive) The Sins That We Made Up Today.

Are We Too Harsh To Say He's Evil,
Or Is It Right To Judge Morality?
And From The Sin Came The Truth Of Light;
Message Of Hope Will Still Remain Alive.

And I Know (And I Know), And I Try (And I Try) To Find A Way
To Forgive (To Forgive) The Sins We Made Up Today.
And I See (And I See), And I Feel The Pain Inside.
And It's Like (And It's Like) To Live A Life As A Lie,
To Keep The Truth And Hide.

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from EXPERIMENTAL TAPE (2024 Remaster), released August 24, 2016
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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