“Letter to God” asks the fundamental question of religion: “what happens after we die?” Unfortunately, the song isn’t able to answer the question everyone wants to conclude. With each pre-chorus longer than the previous one, it represents the never-ending amount of questions one can ask about religi...
[Verse 1]
I woke up late
Put my sweater on
And I walked down to the shop
I stood in line
'Til the line was gone
And my turn to win was lost
[Pre-Chorus 1]
What do you do
When you look to the left and to the right
And find no clue?
[Chorus]
Well, I'm sending a letter to God
How will it be when I'm gone?
And what if everyone is wrong?
[Verse 2]
I took you in
Made a bed for you
In return, you gave me some
Words to go on
Told me I was saved
But you never said what from
[Pre-Chorus 1]
What do you do
When you look to the left and to the right
And find no clues
To the questions you ask yourself at night?
Who will come through?
[Chorus]
You'll be sending a letter to God
How will it be when we're gone?
And what if everyone is wrong?
[Verse 3]
A solid case
For the innocent
Could be made and laid to rest
They say, "It won't do
If you aren't like us
Then you've failed the final test"
[Pre-Chorus 2]
What do you feel
When you look to the east and to the west?
If this is real
Does it feel like some never ending test?
A finance deal
If this is my one last chance to invest
I've one request
[Chorus]
I'll be sending a letter to God
To know where will I go when I'm gone?
And what if everyone is wrong?
Letter to God was written by Jeff Trott & Sheryl Crow.
Letter to God was produced by Sheryl Crow & Jeff Trott.
Sheryl Crow released Letter to God on Tue Sep 27 2005.
Sheryl stated the intent of the song in a 2005 interview with Music OMH:
Letter To God is influenced by this massive religious movement that’s going on in the States and how prevalent it’s become in dictating on policy. And really, the whole thing is about whose god is the right god… and then, in t...