Alelluia

Alleluia =09

by Dar Williams

"The Honesty Room"

Ron and Nancy got the house but Sid and Nancy rule

I died eight years ago I=92m still a legend at my high school

I stole a Chevy and I wrapped it round a tree

But that=92s ok cause no one=92s gonna make the next century

I=92m up in heaven now,they say I=92m here to stay

Where the clouds are really puffy and the angels sing every day

Al le lu ia Al le lu ia Al le lu ia Ahh

(same as above)

The cafeteria=92s got everything, it=92s gonna drive me mad

Cause it looks just like this big Hawaiin party that my mother had

It=92s like the worst Elvis film I=92ve ever seen

Technicolor luau all in Technicolor green

There=92s camping trips and donkey rides and singing round the fire

They signed me up for surfing but they can=92t get me in the choir

Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia

But there she was this morning getting fitted for her wings

Leather boots, magenta hair and saying nasty things

I=92d say she was an angel but it=92s stupid and it=92s obvious

I said you=92ll hate it here caused we=92re the only ones like us

It=92s crypto-fascist mania it=92s silicon deliria

Yeah she said, you=92re right, but I like the cafeteria

Hey God we=92re the bad kids, we=92re so nasty mean and vile

God looks like a guidance counselor, God=92s got that smile

God says how could this be, that=92s really odd

I=92ll guess I=92ll have to check my records,=20

Silly me you know I=92m only God

Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia

The waves are always perfect and the sun will always shine

but there=92s got to be more to death than surfing all the time

I know the signs of self destruction so I try to stop each new kid

Don=92t be like me forever young, forever stupid

And yeah I found love here, but I bet you=92ll find it there

Where they don=92t always make the same joke, gee you make a heavenly pair

Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia

Paul Pfaffenberger

extex@iamerica.net

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