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Only God Can Save Us Now Lyrics

Margie struck Geneva with her baby doll
Barb knocked off the medcart comin' down the hall
Bob leads the congregation when he sings
How Now Brown Cow
Only God can save us now

Jean says Fuzzy wuzzy fuzzy wuzzy was a bear
Miss Cleve sings Hallelujah from the choir in her chair
Behind his busy apron Raymond's naked standing proud
Only God can save us now

Who will save me
From myself
In the night?

When my time has come and it may be comin' soon
Don't mind me if you come to find me howlin' at the moon
I'll need a busy apron and a half-sedated crowd
Only God can save us now

A baby doll some chocolates and flowers made of silk
A clean room with a window and some Prozac in warm milk
And sneak us in some whiskey 'cause it's probably not allowed
Only God can save us now
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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012
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Cover art for Only God Can Save Us Now lyrics by Over the Rhine

Karin Bergquist wrote this after visiting her mother in the memory care unit of a nursing home. One of the other residents would, at seemingly random intervals, say "Only God can save us now."

My wife and I first heard this shortly after her mother went into a memory care unit, and it hit us like a sledgehammer to the heart.

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