If I Only Had Faith (Live) | Gedalya Folk Rock Rabbi

10 Nov 2025 · 3 min

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The excerpt is a lyrical performance by Gedilah Folk Rock Rabbi that explores the tension between material sufficiency and spiritual longing. The narrator reflects on past hunger, current abundance, and the feeling that material plenty is still insufficient without faith. Repeated refrains emphasize a yearning for trust in heaven and a desire to “go to bed with a smile, wake up in love.” The piece juxtaposes two pieces of advice: the father’s pragmatic counsel to save once bills are paid versus the Rabbi’s encouragement to give generously, suggesting that generosity yields greater reward. Overall, the song weaves personal anecdote, spiritual yearning, and moral guidance into a folk‑rock meditation on faith, gratitude, and the balance between saving and giving.

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Bread in my basket, food on my plate. If I only had faith, if I only had faith. Enough for tomorrow, still I complain. If I only had faith, if I only had faith. If I only had faith in heaven, trust in the one above. Go to bed with a smile, wake up in love. If I only had faith, if I only had faith. When I was hungry, I always said I'd never complain when I have bread. Well, now I got plenty, but it's not enough. What I don't have is eating me up. If I only had faith in heaven, trust in the water God, I'd go to bed with a smile and wake up in love. If I only had faith, if I only had faith. My daddy told me when the bills are all paid, he said, son, that's when it's time for you to save. But the Folk Rock Rabbi told me Not to be cheap. The more that you give, the more that you reap. Yeah, if I only had faith in heaven. Trust in the one above. Go to bed with a smile, wake up in love. If I only had faith, if I only had faith. If I only had faith. If I only had faith.