Dear God -- XTC

Dear God Hope You get the letter And I pray You can make it better Down here 
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer But all the people that You made in your image See them starving on their feet 'Cause they don't get enough to eat 
From God I can't believe in You

Dear God Sorry to disturb  You but I feel that I should be heard 
Loud and clear We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
And all the people that You made in Your image See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meet About God I can't believe in You
Did You make disease and the diamond blue? Did You make mankind after we made You?
And the devil too?

Dear God Don't know if you noticed  But Your name is on a lot of quotes in 
This book Us crazy humans wrote it, You should take a look And all the people that You made in your image Still believing that junk is true Well I know it ain't, and so do You

I can't believe in.. I don't believe. I won't believe in heaven and hell
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well  No pearly gates, no thorny crown
You're always letting us humans down The wars You bring, the babes You drown
Those lost at sea and never found And it's the same the whole world 'round
The hurt I see helps to compound That Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax And if You're up there You'll perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve If there's one thing I don't believe in
It's you Dear God 


This was inspired by a series of books with the same title, which lead singer Andy Partridge saw as an exploitation of children. The song is essentially a letter to God asking about his existence.