Rubber
© Rob Carter 2015
Baby dropped her pacifier
I don’t know what that thing is made of
But it bounces impossibly far away
We may not find it for days…if ever!
Sometimes I want to inquire
Could it be I’m made of the same stuff?
‘Cause if somebody sends an offense my way
I’ll bounce it right back in their face
Endeavour…ing to even up the score; ‘cause
Chorus I and II
I’m Rubber
But You’re glue
I want to be more like you!
I’m Rubber
Baby has puffed up her diaper
I don’t know what that thing is made of
I’m amazed with how much that it can take in
Protecting her sensitive skin
She’s covered
Sometimes I feel like the type of
Person that people dump their waste on
And I know that your Word tells us to forgive
Requiring absorbing their sin
But rubber…is not absorbent at all! And…(to chorus)
Bridge
When you let our offenses stick to you
We who once were lost
See in all you suffered, the truth
“To forgive, you absorb the cost
Chorus III
Of the OTHER!”
It’s hard to be like you
But Your Power…
It is at work within us