Lyrics

The Covenant He Wrote in Stone
Parody of "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" performed by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and written by Shel Silverstein
(Galatians 2:15-16, 3:10-13; Matthew 5:17-20, 11:28-30; Romans 6:23, 8:3-4, 10:4-13; Jeremiah 31:31-34)

Oh-ho-ho
They won't believe it!
Jot - dot - ought - uh
Don't crush me
Hey, J., straight-shooter ...
Tell 'em who we are!

Well, we're big, rotten sinners, we've got broken innards
Yet He loves every weary soul (That sounds like us)
We think we've got purity, and we think we've got truth
But man's proud and out of control (Right!)
We think God's kinda chill —He says we're all blind and ill
But the guilty better know
There's a bill that'll hit ya if you bet your future
On the covenant He wrote in stone

(Wrote in stone) Gonna read my Scriptures and discover
(Stone) Gonna find why God, He brought another (Yeah!)
(Stone) Gonna seek Christ now in place of the covenant He wrote in stone

That's a very, very good idea!

I try to seek the Lord daily, but the Law can't save me
Though I'm borderin' on extreme
I got the Lord's Word straight from Matthew — right in 5:17
Now it's all divine and so hardline, but as I've already been shown
I can know that a Christian doesn't get pure hitchin'
On the covenant He wrote in stone

(Wrote in stone) Gonna read our Scriptures and discover
(Stone) Gonna find why God, He brought another (Yeahhh!)
(Stone) Gonna seek Christ now in place of the covenant He wrote in stone

Hey, I'm not proud (Sho 'nuff)
Drop and roll!

Aw, that's pitiful!

We've got the Law to live but we ain't doin' our duty to do everything it says
There's not a man alive in here who's goof-proof, but Jesus has a better way
We gotta all repent — 'cause one day we'll die
We'll be gathered at the Great White Throne (Whoa!)
And the fees then are stricter
So we can't bet our future on the covenant He wrote in stone (Uh huh!)

(Wrote in stone) Gonna read my Scriptures and discover
(Stone) Gonna find why God, He brought another (John 1:1!)
(Stone) Gonna seek Christ now in place of the covenant He wrote in stone
Of the covenant He wrote in
(Stone) Gonna read my Scriptures and discover
(Yes!) (I don't know why we hang on to the old covenant, baby)
(Stone) Gonna find why God, He brought another
(We're dutiful felons!)
(Stone) Gonna seek Christ now in place of the covenant He wrote in stone
(I ain't kiddin' ya — Oh, Jesus made a beautiful covenant)
(So trust God — right up front, man, I can see it now)
(We'll be on His right, smilin', man — awww, beautiful)

Galatians 3:10-11
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”