Soundcloud link:

https://soundcloud.com/user-61562267/judgment-day?si=0def56e83d3943a0ae4d663a32ebde01&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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This song got its start last month when the "hook" phrase popped into my head, "God is gonna get ya on Judgment Day." I imagined a "fire and brimstone" preacher confronting a crime kingpin in a smoky 1940s bar. Not sure where this song came from, but it might have been inspired by singing a Peter, Paul and Mary song, "Very Last Day" in music class in 5th and 6th grade, about 1966-68:

Judgment Day

You lived your life a sinner, you lived a life of crime,
Your journey’s almost over, gotta make up for lost time.
Now have you got religion, or any faith at all?
And are you gonna be ready, when the Reaper comes to call?

Your Judgment Day is coming, you can try to be your best,
You can strive to change your future, and let God decide the rest.
You’re a devious man, and a gamblin’ man, do you wanna call his bluff?
He’s a punitive god, and a vengeful god, and you’ll find out soon enough.

So you better pay attention to what I say,
Or God is gonna get ya on Judgment Day.

[Instrumental Break]

Now have you got religion, or any faith at all?
And are you gonna be ready, when the Reaper comes to call?

Your Judgment Day is coming, you can try to be your best,
You can strive to change your future, and let God decide the rest.

So you better pay attention to what I say,
Or God is gonna get ya on Judgment Day.
So you better pay attention to what I say,
Or God is gonna get ya on Judgment Day.

Style is _BAGGM_B.STY (Bouncy Dixieland Swing)
RealTracks in style: ~~536:Bass, Acoustic, Pop Sw 120
RealTracks in style: ~~528:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Hank Sw 120
RealTracks in style: ~~372:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Hank Sw 120
RealTracks in style: 616:Mandolin, Rhythm Bouncy Sw 165
RealDrums [in style:PopBouncy^2-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride
Horns 3257
Guitar 1586
Guitar 422
Guitar 1283
Vocals by Eric C.

I used Audacity for mixing and reverb, and Melodyne to tweak the vocals.