How Long

Lyrics

There's a tribulation comin' Comin' to us all Even now, it's tearin' down the country Are you preparin' for the fall? Up from the California seaboard It once was a paradise indeed But the shadow, it is fallin' To fall upon an age-old foolish greed Oh, no, no, no Some people move to the desert Where the air is fresh and clean But they cannot get away from that smog They take it with them in their "fine machines" See them drivin' through the desert tonight Twistin' through the hills, they think they're flyin' They think they're flyin' And lookin' out the window of your Chevrolet As Arizona's cryin' Hear her cryin' And hear Him say, how long, how long Will you try to answer the question yourself? And hear Him say, how long, how long Can't you see you're buildin' your own private hell? And hear Him say, how long, how long? Some people move to the mountains To climb above the muck and the mire But as they turn around and they look back down They see the tribulation climbin' Higher and higher and higher You know it's gonna get them As long as they hold tight to their vain dreams Their vain dreams And don't it seem we need a Savior To show us a way, a way to be released? And hear Him say, how long, how long Will you try to answer the question yourself? And hear Him say, how long, how long Can't you see you're buildin' your own private hell? And hear Him say, how long, how long? And hear Him say, how long, how long? And hear Him say, how long, how long?