That anchor man
says the fight began
somewhere in the Middle East.
The world prays for peace.
There's a single mom
just got laid off when she lost a job
to some foreign hands
in some faraway land.
Last night in Oklahoma
some twister took thirteen
and they're praying that they find
the missing three.
God must be busy.
That highway sign
went from slow ahead
to traffic's dead.
Thought it couldn't get worse
than that Amber Alert.
They say she's 4,
Colorado plates, headed out-of-state
in a Chevy van.
It's hard to understand.
You can see it in the faces
of all those highway strangers,
they're praying that God
keeps that girl from danger.
God must be busy.
And I know in the big picture
I'm just a speck of sand
and God's got better things to do
than look out for one man.
I know he's heard my prayers
cause he hears everything,
he just ain't answered back
or he'd bring you back to me.
God must be busy.
That evening news,
Ain't much changed
pretty much the same
since I left home.
Yeah that war's still on.
They found that little girl.
She was soaking wet,
half scared to death
on the side of some road.
Them prayers work, you know.
And the Bloods and Cripps are at it,
and theres a killer drought down south,
and old folks can't afford the drugs
they can't live with out.
God must be busy.
And I know in the big picture
I'm just a speck of sand
and God's got better things to do
than look out for one man.
I know he's heard my prayers
cause he hears everything,
he just ain't answered back
or he'd bring you back to me.
God must be busy.
That anchorman,
says the fightings worse,
cities burn in the Middle East.
[The] world prays for peace
There are many talented country singers in the world today, but together Brooks and Dunn have come together to form one great country music dynamic duo that beat out all the rest. Leon Eric Brooks is an energetic man that runs the stage and plays the guitar, where as Ronnie Gene Dunn has the quiet personality but loud and unbelievable vocals. Over the years Brooks and Dunn have written and produced many hit songs that have made their way to be number one on the charts, one of these including “My Maria”, which spent six weeks at the number one spot. Along with their single songs placing at number one, Brooks and Dunns album Red Dirt Road instantly became a chart topper and earned the two a Grammy nomination. One of the more emotional songs, “God Must Be Busy”, incorporates the use of many poetic devices, which ultimately strengthens the song as a whole.
“God Must Be Busy” reveals the problems in the world, and the idea that they will happen no matter how hard we try to avoid them, it is just the way of life. The song incorporates many examples of alliteration that help to enhance the message behind the song. Brooks and Dunn involve the war in the middle east by saying “the world prays for peace”. Praying for peace is the alliteration which aids in describing how people feel about the war. In hope to end the war people will be praying for the soldiers to come home, and most often the prayers will be directed toward god. The song also talks about world disasters that are non preventable, “twister took thirteen”. Brooks and Dunn are playing with the alliteration to make the song more artistic to look at and listen too. Natural disasters cannot be prevented, they have no mercy and take lives when they want to. The country singers talk about god being busy because all of the prayers are not being answered. They do not want to sound selfish, but it seems hard when they feel neglected from the one person they tell everything to. “Speck of sand” is used to describe how small they feel in gods world due to everyother person on earth that prays to god for answers. The alliterations in the song make it more interesting to listen to. They create a sense of creativity that helps listeners to understand what is really meant by the song on a deeper level.
Along with alliterations, point of view is integrated to develop the story of the song. Throughout the song, Brooks and Dunn mostly tell the song from first person point of view. They use I because they song is about one person and their feelings about the world. The singer knows god is there, he just does not have time for everyone, “I Know he hears my prayers”. The narrator believes that god hears how he feels, but god has to much going on to reply to everyone at once. Refeering again to oneself, the narrator say, “I know in the big picture I’m just a speck of sand”, looking at god and hoping for the best, even though he understands everything god has to deal with. Having the song in first person point of view, allows for the song to have more emotion pertaining to how the narrator is feeling.
“God Must Be Busy” reveals the problems in the world, and the idea that they will happen no matter how hard we try to avoid them, it is just the way of life. The song incorporates many examples of alliteration that help to enhance the message behind the song. Brooks and Dunn involve the war in the middle east by saying “the world prays for peace”. Praying for peace is the alliteration which aids in describing how people feel about the war. In hope to end the war people will be praying for the soldiers to come home, and most often the prayers will be directed toward god. The song also talks about world disasters that are non preventable, “twister took thirteen”. Brooks and Dunn are playing with the alliteration to make the song more artistic to look at and listen too. Natural disasters cannot be prevented, they have no mercy and take lives when they want to. The country singers talk about god being busy because all of the prayers are not being answered. They do not want to sound selfish, but it seems hard when they feel neglected from the one person they tell everything to. “Speck of sand” is used to describe how small they feel in gods world due to everyother person on earth that prays to god for answers. The alliterations in the song make it more interesting to listen to. They create a sense of creativity that helps listeners to understand what is really meant by the song on a deeper level.
Along with alliterations, point of view is integrated to develop the story of the song. Throughout the song, Brooks and Dunn mostly tell the song from first person point of view. They use I because they song is about one person and their feelings about the world. The singer knows god is there, he just does not have time for everyone, “I Know he hears my prayers”. The narrator believes that god hears how he feels, but god has to much going on to reply to everyone at once. Refeering again to oneself, the narrator say, “I know in the big picture I’m just a speck of sand”, looking at god and hoping for the best, even though he understands everything god has to deal with. Having the song in first person point of view, allows for the song to have more emotion pertaining to how the narrator is feeling.
Brooks and Dunn are extremely talented producers and singers, that use poetic devises only to make their songs better. The narrator of the song is feeling pain for the natural disasters that go on around the world. Most people blame what happens on god if something goes wrong when really it is not his fault. The singer is in pain because he believes that things happen because god is too busy to listen to what he has to say. Instead of questioning god and feeling pain, the singer should realize life is going to do something’s people do not always agree with, but instead of blaming god trust in him.
