New normal is crazy so we can’t be lazy Rhyme and Reason

It’s a mean world. Every day you see and experience the cold, hard truth in this world. Whether you like it or not. And whether you prefer to think positive or be negative. Doesn’t matter if you’re a glass-is-half-full person or glass-is-half-empty person. It’s the “new normal.”

But this new normal is anything but new.

If you’ve been alive here on planet earth for three decades or more, you’ve seen it expanding. Slowly, year after year. In fact, I wrote a song about it over 30 years ago. And the harsh reality is that the same stuff I wrote about in the song is exploding now.

But I encourage you to read about this kind of stuff in the Bible.

Because the Bible is true and trustworthy. It’s like your ultimate James Bond secret weapon (except it’s hardly a secret). And it can help you take on this mean world, cope with the new normal, and face the…

Cold Hard Truth

You face the future like a heart attack.

Your palms are sweaty; you’re a jumping jack.

Can’t believe the world has come this far,

And still we’re living on a dying star.

You put your faith into the promised land.

You feed the dog and still he bites your hand.

Maybe you decide you have no choice,

But you just need to learn to raise your voice.

Be unrelenting like the tiger’s tooth

And face the cold hard truth!

We hear the speeches; see the banners wave.

They sell the dreams of all the lives they’ll save.

But in between the lines are pretty lies.

They seem so right behind that straight disguise.

No reason it can never happen here.

This is the place and time to face your fear.

Financial plans end up rhetorical.

The errors made aren’t simply clerical.

Be never-yielding like the tiger’s tooth

And face the cold hard truth!

Spoon-feed the apathy and watch it grow into the cold hard truth,

And if you never care, then you will never know…

It’s such a cold hard truth…cold hard truth!

You see the party junkies everywhere.

Behind their buzz you’ll find a long, blank stare.

Their windows shut; another right goes by

Without them ever realizing why!

Live for the weekend and the gin and vermouth

And face the cold hard truth!

Endangered species aren’t the only ones who face the cold hard truth.

We’re gazing straight into the paper guns

Through all the cold hard truth…cold hard truth!

© Tony Funderburk 1991

Stay tuned,



No-cost, low-cost, and premium ways you can help me spread the Word…

Tell everybody you know to Jump on the Rhyme and Reason Bandwagon

(emails with good stuff for Fa-Ree)

Get my Rhyme & Reason Podcast delivered right to your device. (also Fa-Ree)

Get digital Bible stuff from the same company I do.

My books are also on Amazon.com or Apple Books

Grab yourself an un-cool T-shirtbr ...