Song of the Week: Lucinda Williams' "Get Right With God"

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Sometime Lone Star Lucinda Williams, released a Zydeco-flavored number called "Get Right With God." The song expresses the heart of someone who wants to close the relational gap between herself and God, and she's willing to do a hundred hard things to make that happen. There's desperation in the variety and boldness of the things she lists off, as if she knows the solution hasn't been found yet. From her 2001 project, Essence (iTunes; Amazon), here's "Get Right With God"--

I would risk the serpent's bite
I would dance around with seven
I would kiss the diamond back
If I knew it would get me to heaven

I would burn the soles of my feet
Burn the palms of both my hands
If I could learn and be complete
If I could walk righteously again

'Cause I want to get right with God
Yes, you know you got to get right with God

I would sleep on a bed of nails
'Till my back was torn and bleeding
In the deep darkness of Hell
The Damascus of my meeting

'Cause I want to get right with God
Yes, you know you got to get right with God

I asked God about his plan
To save us all from Satan's slaughter
If I give up one of my lambs
Will you take me as one of your daughters?

'Cause I want to get right with God
Yes, you know you got to get right with God