TRACY CHAPMAN – Save Us All (2008)

Our Bright Future is the eighth and most recent studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on November 11, 2008 via Elektra. The album was co-produced by Larry Klein, with the album’s first single “Sing For You” being released digitally on October 31, 2008.

In promotion for this album, Chapman appeared on radio stations across Europe with interviews and sessions. Chapman also performed “Sing for You” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. A European tour in support of the disc took place through November and December 2008. A US tour was planned for January 2009 but was postponed. Chapman toured Europe again in the Summer of 2009. Our Bright Future was certified Platinum in France, selling more than 200,000 copies there.[6] It also was certified Gold in Switzerland, for sales in excess of 15,000. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. To date, it is Chapman’s latest record.

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I know Jesus loves me In my heart I know it’s true I know Mary’s little baby Came into the world Just to save me But I don’t know about you

My God’s a mighty big God My God can shake the world up Plagues and famines Frogs and locusts Walking on water Burning bushes Rolling the thunder And parting the waters too

My God is good in the kitchen Make a good meal from bread and fishes Feed the hungry pour the wine Everybodys welcome to have a good time Sit at his table enjoy the food

I know Jesus loves me He says I should love you My neighbor not his wife Don’t covet steal kill or lie My God’s got a lot of rules

My God made creation Six days work one day vacation Made a garden Filled it with apples Adam and Eve they walked around natural Until they are that one piece of bad fruit

I’ve heard that your God’s older Buddha, Allah, Krishna Manifest with many faces Worshipped the world over in foreign places I assume your God must love you

I know Jesus loves me And my God is good and great and true But if pride goeth before the fall I hope someone’s God will save us all Save us all And love the sinners too