Good For Nothing.
Lyrics: Allison Turner; Cory Asbury; Harrison Hackett; Jordan Howard Rowe and Scott Loewen.
Vocals: American Christian musician, songwriter Cory Asbury.
Have you ever felt like you’re not good enough? Like you’ve made too many mistakes, let too many people down, or somehow fallen short of the person you thought you’d be?
In April 2025, Cory Asbury released a song called Good For Nothing. It’s a deeply personal song about wrestling with feelings of inadequacy. Sometimes we convince ourselves sadly that we’re good for nothing.
So, wherever you are in life today, whatever you’ve been through, I hope this song reminds you that your worth isn’t determined by what you’ve done in the past, but how you can change for the better in the years ahead with a little help.
Remember the famous Biblical quote from the Gospel of St John (John 1:46), when Nathanael heard that Jesus came from Nazareth, he asked, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” and then, again in St John Chapter 6, we read about a little boy with just five loaves and two fishes. Among the thousands of hungry people, what he had, seemed so small, almost useless. There is a beautiful truth in this song; demonstrating that what the world sees as insignificant can become something extraordinary.
Good For Nothing.
Good For Nothing.
Mama’s got an ice pack on her cheek from late last night,
And brother’s got a Batman blanket he’s still holding tight.
There’s a hole beside the wooden cross hanging on the wall.
She’s been thinking ’bout taking it down,
Wondering if it’s all good for nothing.
Daddy’s waking sober in the parking lot of the bar,
Staring at the Bible verses tattooed on his arm,
But the devil on his shoulder sounds a lot like his old man,
Telling him he’s always been,
Good for nothing like Nazareth,
Where the Son of man was born.
Good for nothing like two fish,
In the hands of a little boy.
Good for nothing’s what they said He was.
Driving nails into His hands,
He’s been to the grave and back,
I guess He didn’t all that good for nothing.
So he cried and talked to God as he pulled up to that front door.
He finally found forgiveness, had to have it from one more.
He told her he was sorry but the only thing she heard,
Was all them up at night black and blue eyed,
Prayers that she prayed weren’t,
Good for nothing like Nazareth,
Where the Son of man was born.
Good for nothing like two fish,
In the hands of a little boy.
Good for nothing’s what they said He was,
Driving nails into His hands.
He’s been to the grave and back,
I guess He didn’t all that good for nothing good for nothing.
Lord knows this world ain’t perfect,
With the rough shape that we’re in,
Thank God our good for nothing’s,
More than good enough for Him.
Good for nothing like Nazareth,
Where the Son of man was born.
Good for nothing like two fish,
In the hands of a little boy.
Good for nothing’s what they said He was,
Driving nails into His hands.
He’s been to the grave and back,
I guess He didn’t all that good for nothing,
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