John Michael Talbot – 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
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'
Lookin' out the window of your Chevrolet
As Arizona's cryin'

How long...
How long will you try to answer the question yourself?
How long, how long
Can't you see you're buildin' your own private hell?
How long, how long?

Some people move to the mountains
To climb above the muck and mire
But as they turn around to 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
Don't it seem we need a Saviour
To show us a way, a way to be released?