SORT OF A TALKING
BLUES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A BLUES. A CYNICAL LITTLE TUNE ABOUT FATE.
ACTUALLY AN ATTEMPT TO TURN A HUGE AMOUNT OF NEGATIVE ENERGY INTO SOMETHING
POSITIVE AND TO FACE THE BLOWS OF FATE WITH A LAUGHING EYE.
WRITTEN IN DIFFICULT TIMES IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES ONLY, THIS IS THE
RESULT OF MAYBE THE MOST UNEXPECTED SONGWRITING MOMENT I EVER HAD.
THIS MORNING UP IN HEAVEN
GOD WAS HAVING TEA
SAINT PETER WAS WITH HIM
AND ALL THE COMPANY
SAINT PETER SAID, "HEY, GOD
REMEMBER THAT KID FROM SWITZERLAND?
YOU KNOW, THE SKINNY ONE
WHO'S GOT HIS OWN FOLK ROCK BAND?
YOU KNOW, WE TOOK HIS MOTHER
HIS SOULMATE AND HIS CLOSEST FRIEND
YET THE LITTLE BASTARD
IS GETTING BACK ON HIS FEET AGAIN."
GOD SAID, "YEAH, I KNOW
WE CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN
I GUESS IT'S TIME AGAIN
TIME AGAIN TO SLAP HIM."
IF YOU THINK THAT'S BLASPHEMOUS
GO TELL ODIN AND ALL THE OTHER EXTINGUISHED GODS
AN ANGEL SAID,
"BUT DIDN'T WE JUST TAKE HIS GRANDPA?"
PETER SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT
AND WE ALSO KILLED HIS GRANDMA
YET THE KID IS FAR TOO STRONG
WASN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM FALL
BUT I GOT A BRAND NEW PLAN
GUESS WE'RE GONNA GET HIM AFTER ALL
FOUND OUT ABOUT A GIRL HE LIKES
THE ONE WHO BRINGS HIM LUCK
WE'LL MAKE HER LOVE SOME OTHER GUY
THIS IS GONNA FUCK HIM UP!"
GOD SAID, "WOW, PETER
YOU'RE A FUCKIN' GENIUS
C'MON, LET'S GO WATCH HIM
I REALLY GOTTA SEE THIS."
HEY, YOU UP THERE
THANKS FOR THE SONG AND . . .
GO FUCK YOURSELF!
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