God In the Back Seat

When I do wrong…and know it
—like when I decided on my own
that that certain man was the one
or when I, being high and mighty,
had to show that lady I could afford
that unaffordable thing--
it’s like I’m putting God in the back seat
while I drive blindly, perilously,
down a road bombarded with
impassable barriers, inescapable ditches,
and irredeemable calamities.
 
Next time I do wrong and know it,
I’ll see that it’s not God in the back seat,
but me, and I’ll look in the rearview mirror
and tell myself, “Come on up here with God,”
‘cause he’ll always guide me safely along a road
where nothing’s impassable, inescapable, or irredeemable
even when I do wrong…and know it.