1. The Journey to Emmaus A different view

2. I hate school trips- the coach makes me sick
I hate school
I hate school trips- the coach makes me sick
This one is to look at stupid rocks –who cares
John and I set off together, his mum and dad split up too
We talked about stuff
About getting told off, about not fitting in,
about the bullying.

3. In class the teacher said God loves us,
we know that’s not true
If he loved us Dad wouldn’t have left, mum wouldn’t cry
I wouldn’t get bullied and laughed at ‘cause I don’t have stuff
I wouldn’t- well it would just be better, right

4. Then this older kid came, one of the leaders,
Walked along with us, wanted to tell about rocks
But we told him how fed up we were and he just listened.
Then he said “ I think he does you know- I mean God I think God loves you.
just think will you, Jesus couldn’t make people do stuff they didn’t want,
I mean it’s sad yeah but he couldn’t make your mum and dad stay together”

5. “See” he went on “ bad stuff happened to Jesus too,
apart from getting killed; his friends left, his family thought he was crazy.
He never said everything will be perfect. He just said I’ll never leave you,
I’ll always be with you no matter what”

6. Then the teacher shouted something and he moved away
We went back to the stupid rocks
But John and I got to thinking what if he’s right?
What if God is with us? It would all be different wouldn’t it?