Suggested Tune GREENSLEEVES (8.8.8.8 and refrain)

1. Life is not fair, and we can rage
to see the evil prosper so
while good folk sweat to earn a wage
Oh where, oh where did justice go?
"Justice - now don't go there,
I tell you, friend, you don't want fair!
Justice would not spare one soul
But grace is free for one and all.

2. Life is not fair, and our hearts break
with hijacks, bombs and hurricanes -
is this whole world some big mistake?
Is there a God? Is He insane?
"Justice - now don't go there,
I tell you, friend, you don't want fair!
Justice would not spare one soul
But grace is free for one and all.

3. Life is not fair, or so it seems
for those who choose to follow God,
more desert time than quiet streams,
why can't the Lord protect the good?
"Justice - now don't go there,
I tell you, friend, you don't want fair!
Justice would not spare one soul
But grace is free for one and all.

4. Life is not fair, and it is hard
for us to go to Ninevah,
to those who've hurt us in the past,
to tell them of the God of love.
"Justice - now don't go there,
I tell you, friend, you don't want fair!
Justice would not spare one soul
But grace is free for one and all.

Gracious, compassionate,
slow to anger, and rich in love -
what more could we ask than this:
His grace is free for one and all.

Based on Revised Common Lectionary (A) for 25th Sunday in ordinary time:

Jonah 3:10-4:11 ; Psalm 145:1-8 ; Philippians 1:21-30 ; Matthew 20:1-16