{"id":5191,"date":"2021-03-01T19:55:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T19:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/?p=5191"},"modified":"2021-04-01T18:26:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:26:49","slug":"382-the-song-not-going-to-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/382-the-song-not-going-to-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"#382: The Song “Not Going to Notice”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is mark Joseph “young”<\/i> blog entry #382, on the subject of The Song “Not Going to Notice”<\/i>.<\/p>\n

I am guessing that I wrote this sometime in the late ’70s, although it might have been as late as the early ’80s.  It’s a country song, and I have never taken country music terribly seriously.  Perhaps that influenced my rating on it, putting it number thirty-one for quality of the song, number 17 for quality of the recording and performance.  Tristan, though, ranked it tied for fifth, pulling it up to number twenty-two, tied with another to be published next month.<\/p>\n

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I am persuaded that country songs need to be funny.  My favorite country song is still Put Another Log On the Fire<\/i>.  This one is light-hearted, with several parts of it very tongue-in-cheek, and I hope it brings a smile to the faces of at least a few listeners.  I connect it in my mind to my Sandy Becker Theory of Eschatology<\/a><\/i> which I was starting to develop around the same time.  Both say that there’s no point to our arguments about the second coming or the end of the world or what heaven is like.  We can’t really know anyway, until it is ultimately revealed.<\/p>\n

The recording, three vocals over midi instruments, is here<\/a>.  If I could do it again it would be a tad faster, but it’s decent as is.<\/p>\n

Not Going to Notice<\/i><\/b><\/font>.<\/p>\n

So here are the words:<\/p>\n

You know that Jesus said He’d come again,
\nAnd raise us all from death, immortal men,
\nAnd then He’ll take us home
\nWith a body like His own,
\nAnd we will be in heaven with Him then.<\/p>\n

But I’m not going to notice, no siree!
\n‘Cuz when I finally reach eternity
\nThrough the laughter and the tears,
\nFor at least a million years
\nMy precious Savior Jesus is all I’ll see.<\/p>\n

You know the dead will rise out of their graves.
\nWell, that’s the kind of news that should make waves,
\nAnd then we’re going to fly
\nJust to meet Him in the sky,
\nAnd all the world will know that Jesus saves.<\/p>\n

But I’m not going to notice, no siree!
\n‘Cuz when I finally reach eternity
\nThrough the laughter and the tears,
\nFor at least a million years
\nMy precious Savior Jesus is all I’ll see.<\/p>\n

They say that I can walk through any wall,
\nOr step off of high buildings and not fall,
\nAnd I’ll mount with eagle’s wings,
\nAnd do a million crazy things
\nThat now I just can’t understand at all.<\/p>\n

But I’m not going to notice, no siree!
\n‘Cuz when I finally reach eternity
\nThrough the laughter and the tears,
\nFor at least a million years
\nMy precious Savior Jesus is all I’ll see.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’ll meet Moses or have a chat with Paul;
\nAndrew, Peter, James, and John, I’m sure to meet them all!
\nI’ll have a chance to get to know each famous chosen man:
\nEat breakfast with Isaiah and lunch with Abraham.<\/p>\n

Many of my friends will meet me there;
\nWe’ll have a great reunion in the air.
\nWon’t you come now?  Don’t be late!
\nTurn to Jesus, then go straight.
\nIt’s a party to which nothing can compare.<\/p>\n

But I’m not going to notice, no siree!
\n‘Cuz when I finally reach eternity
\nThrough the laughter and the tears,
\nFor at least a million years
\nMy precious Savior Jesus is all I’ll see.<\/p>\n

No, I’m not going to notice, no, not me,
\n‘Cuz when I finally reach eternity
\nThrough the laughter and the tears,
\nFor at least a million years
\nMy precious Savior Jesus is all I’ll see.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I can only hope you benefit from the song in some way.  I will continue with additional songs in the future.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Previous web log song posts:<\/p>\n

#301:  The Song “Holocaust”<\/a><\/i> | #307:  The Song “Time Bomb”<\/a><\/i> | #311:  The Song “Passing Through the Portal”<\/a><\/i> | #314:  The Song “Walkin’ In the Woods”<\/a><\/i> | #317:  The Song “That’s When I’ll Believe”<\/a><\/i> | #320:  The Song “Free”<\/a><\/i> | #322:  The Song “Voices”<\/a><\/i> | #326:  The Song “Mountain, Mountain”<\/a><\/i> | #328:  The Song “Still Small Voice”<\/i><\/a> | #334:  The Song “Convinced”<\/a><\/i> | #337:  The Song “Selfish Love”<\/a><\/i> | #340:  The Song “A Man Like Paul”<\/a><\/i> | #341:  The Song “Joined Together”<\/a><\/i> | #346:  The Song “If We Don’t Tell Them”<\/a><\/i> | #349: The Song “I Can’t Resist You’re Love”<\/a><\/i> | #353:  The Song “I Use to Think”<\/a><\/i> | #356:  The Song “God Said It Is Good”<\/a><\/i> | #362:  My Life to You<\/a><\/i> | #366:  The Song “Sometimes”<\/a><\/i> | #372:  The Song “Heavenly Kingdom”<\/a> | #378:  The Song “A Song of Joy”<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Next Song:  #387:  Our God Is Good<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is mark Joseph “young” blog entry #382, on the subject of The Song “Not Going to Notice”. I am guessing that I wrote this sometime in the late ’70s, although it might have been as late as the early ’80s.  It’s a country song, and I have never taken country music terribly seriously.  Perhaps … Continue reading #382: The Song “Not Going to Notice”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,42],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-and-theology","category-music","tag-eschatology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5218,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions\/5218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}