Yip Harburg - God Quotes

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As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country', I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy.

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And only God who makes the tree
Also makes the fools like me. But only fools like me, you see,
Can make a God, who makes a tree.

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Did God who gave us flowers and trees,
Also provide the allergies?

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No matter how much I probe and prod,
I cannot quite believe in God;
But oh, I hope to God that He
Unswervingly believes in me.

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In '29 when the banks went bust,
Our coins still read 'In God We Trust'.

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From lyrics of a song about Bishop Patrick trying to cross the street:

The light of God was with him,
But the traffic light was not.

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