# Your Beliefs in Song, or songs about belief **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011 "2006-10-26T19:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/21 "2006-10-27T02:31:30Z")
And I Know if I’ll only be true to that glorious quest That my heart will be peaceful and clam when I’m laid to my rest. And the world will be better for this that one man, scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage. To EAAATTTT ALLL TTHE FOOD ON THE BBBAAARRRRR!!! thank you…goodnight don’t forget to tip your waitress ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/22 "2006-10-27T02:39:47Z")
_I don’t believe in magic I don’t believe in I-ching I don’t believe in Bible I don’t believe in Tarot I don’t believe in Hitler I don’t believe in Jesus I don’t believe in Kennedy I don’t believe in Buddha I don’t believe in Mantra I don’t believe in Gita I don’t believe in Yoga I don’t believe in Kings I don’t believe in Elvis I don’t believe in Zimmerman I don’t believe in Beatles I just believe in me…and that’s reality_ –John Lennon _God_ ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/23 "2006-10-27T02:55:02Z")
Everybody plays the fool, some time. How can you help it, when the music starts to playin’ and your ability to reason just slips away… ---
**Author:** ![Plastic\_Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@Plastic\_Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plastic_Soul)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/24 "2006-10-27T02:57:15Z")
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 the 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 theres one thing I dont believe in you… Dear God. **Dear God, XTC** Also: Everybody must get stoned. **Rainy Day Women no. 12 & 35, Bob Dylan** ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/25 "2006-10-27T05:01:27Z")
\*Well, I don’t believe that heaven waits, For only those who congregate. I like to think of God as love: He’s down below, He’s up above. He’s watching people everywhere. He knows who does and doesn’t care. And I’m an ordinary man, Sometimes I wonder who I am. But I believe in love. I believe in music. I believe in magic. And I believe in you\* Well, except for the part about being an ordinary man, because I’m a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/26 "2006-10-27T05:20:40Z")
\*I don’t believe that beauty Will ever be replaced I don’t believe a masterpiece Could ever match your face The joker’s always smiling In every hand thats dealt I dont believe that when you die Your presence isnt felt \* (Song lyric transcription by Foldup Rabbit. Beliefs by Kylie Minogue.) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/27 "2006-10-27T05:27:43Z")
And darkness makes me fumble for a key to a door that’s wide open. -The Police What an annoying motto that makes for me. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/28 "2006-10-27T05:57:04Z")
[QUOTE=Plastic Soul] 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 the 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 theres one thing I dont believe in you… Dear God. **Dear God, XTC** [/quote] I find that song much more stirring if I imagine the narrator is a man of faith going through a crisis, rather than just an atheist in a fighting mood. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/29 "2006-10-27T15:47:19Z")
All you need is Love… Bwa pa dah pa dah. Lennon/McCartney ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/30 "2006-10-27T15:56:01Z")
"Free Will " by Rush ---
**Author:** ![Plastic\_Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@Plastic\_Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plastic_Soul)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011/31 "2006-10-28T03:38:48Z")
**Oh, another one. This time from Sir Paul:** And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. - Beautiful. \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beliefs-in-song-or-songs-about-belief/378011.md?page=1)