Song | Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk |
Artist | Frank Zappa |
Album | Broadway The Hard Way |
作词 : Zappa | |
There's an ugly little wasel 'bout three-foot nine | |
Face puffed up from cryin' 'n lyin' | |
'Cause her sweet little hubby's | |
Suckin' prong part time | |
(In the name of The Lord) | |
Get a clue, little shrew | |
Oh yeah, oh yeah | |
Jesus thinks you're a jerk | |
Did he really choose Tammy to do His Work? | |
Robertson says that he's The One | |
Oh he sure is, | |
if Armageddon | |
Is your idea of family fun, | |
An' he's got some planned for you! | |
(Now, tell me that ain't true) | |
Now, what if Jimbo's slightly gay, | |
Will Pat let Jimbo get away? | |
Everything we've heard him say | |
Indicated that Jim must pay, | |
(And it just might hurt a bit) | |
But keep that money rollin' in, | |
'Cause Pat and naughty Jimbo | |
Can't get enough of it | |
Perhaps it's their idea | |
Of an Affirmative Action Plan | |
To give White Trash a 'special break'; | |
Well, they took those Jeezo-bucks and ran | |
To the bank! To the bank! To the bank! To the bank! | |
And every night we can hear them thank | |
Their Buddy, up above | |
For sending down his love | |
(While you all smell the glove) | |
Jim and Pat should take a pole | |
(Right up each saintly glory-hole), | |
With tar and feathers too -- | |
Just like they'd love to do to you | |
('Cause they think you are bad -- | |
And they are very mad) | |
'Cause some folks don't want prayer in school! | |
(We'd need an ark to survive the drool | |
Of Micro-publicans, raised on hate, | |
And 'Jimbo-Jimbo' when they graduate) | |
Conviced they are 'The Chosen Ones' -- | |
And all their parents carry guns, | |
And hold them cards in the N.R.A. | |
(With their fingers on the triggers | |
When they kneel and pray) | |
With a Ku-Klux muu-muu | |
In the back of the truck, | |
If you ain't Born Again, | |
They wanna mess you up, screamin': | |
'No abortion, no-siree!' | |
'Life's too precious, can't you see!' | |
(What's that hangin' from the neighbor's tree? | |
Why, it looks like 'colored folks' to me -- | |
Would THEY do THAT...seriously?) | |
Imagine if you will | |
A multi-millionaire Television Evangelist, | |
Saved from Korean Combat duty by his father, a U.S. Senator | |
Studied Law -- | |
But is not qualified to practice it | |
Father of a 'love child' | |
Who, in adulthood, hosts the remnants | |
Of papa's religious propaganda program | |
Claims not to be a 'Faith Healer', | |
But has, in the past, | |
Dealt stearnly with everything from hemorrhoids to hurricanes | |
Involved with funding for a 'secret war' in Central America | |
Claiming Ronald Reagan and Oliver North as close friends | |
Involved in suspicous 'tax-avoidance schemes', | |
(Under investigation for 16 months by the I.R.S.) | |
Claims to be a MAN OF GOD; | |
Currenty seeking the United States Presidency, | |
Hoping we will all follow him into -- | |
The Twilight Zone | |
What if Pat gets in the White House, | |
And suddenly -- | |
The rights of 'certain people' disappear | |
Mysteriously? | |
Now, wouldn't that sort of qualify | |
As an American Tragedy? | |
(Especially if he covers it up, sayin' | |
'Jesus told it to me!') | |
I hope we never see that day, | |
In The Land of The Free -- | |
Or someday will we? | |
Will we? | |
And if you don't know by now, | |
The truth of what I'm tellin' you, | |
Then, surely I have failed somehow -- | |
And Jesus will think I'm a jerk, just like you -- | |
If you let those TV Preachers | |
Make a monkey out of you! | |
I said: | |
'Jesus will think you're a jerk' | |
And it would be true! | |
There's an old rugged cross | |
In the land of cutton -- | |
It's still burnin' on somebody's lawn | |
And it still smells rotten | |
Jim and Tammy! | |
Oh, baby! | |
You gotta go! | |
You really got to go! |
zuò cí : Zappa | |
There' s an ugly little wasel ' bout threefoot nine | |
Face puffed up from cryin' ' n lyin' | |
' Cause her sweet little hubby' s | |
Suckin' prong part time | |
In the name of The Lord | |
Get a clue, little shrew | |
Oh yeah, oh yeah | |
Jesus thinks you' re a jerk | |
Did he really choose Tammy to do His Work? | |
Robertson says that he' s The One | |
Oh he sure is, | |
if Armageddon | |
Is your idea of family fun, | |
An' he' s got some planned for you! | |
Now, tell me that ain' t true | |
Now, what if Jimbo' s slightly gay, | |
Will Pat let Jimbo get away? | |
Everything we' ve heard him say | |
Indicated that Jim must pay, | |
And it just might hurt a bit | |
But keep that money rollin' in, | |
' Cause Pat and naughty Jimbo | |
Can' t get enough of it | |
Perhaps it' s their idea | |
Of an Affirmative Action Plan | |
To give White Trash a ' special break' | |
Well, they took those Jeezobucks and ran | |
To the bank! To the bank! To the bank! To the bank! | |
And every night we can hear them thank | |
Their Buddy, up above | |
For sending down his love | |
While you all smell the glove | |
Jim and Pat should take a pole | |
Right up each saintly gloryhole, | |
With tar and feathers too | |
Just like they' d love to do to you | |
' Cause they think you are bad | |
And they are very mad | |
' Cause some folks don' t want prayer in school! | |
We' d need an ark to survive the drool | |
Of Micropublicans, raised on hate, | |
And ' JimboJimbo' when they graduate | |
Conviced they are ' The Chosen Ones' | |
And all their parents carry guns, | |
And hold them cards in the N. R. A. | |
With their fingers on the triggers | |
When they kneel and pray | |
With a KuKlux muumuu | |
In the back of the truck, | |
If you ain' t Born Again, | |
They wanna mess you up, screamin': | |
' No abortion, nosiree!' | |
' Life' s too precious, can' t you see!' | |
What' s that hangin' from the neighbor' s tree? | |
Why, it looks like ' colored folks' to me | |
Would THEY do THAT... seriously? | |
Imagine if you will | |
A multimillionaire Television Evangelist, | |
Saved from Korean Combat duty by his father, a U. S. Senator | |
Studied Law | |
But is not qualified to practice it | |
Father of a ' love child' | |
Who, in adulthood, hosts the remnants | |
Of papa' s religious propaganda program | |
Claims not to be a ' Faith Healer', | |
But has, in the past, | |
Dealt stearnly with everything from hemorrhoids to hurricanes | |
Involved with funding for a ' secret war' in Central America | |
Claiming Ronald Reagan and Oliver North as close friends | |
Involved in suspicous ' taxavoidance schemes', | |
Under investigation for 16 months by the I. R. S. | |
Claims to be a MAN OF GOD | |
Currenty seeking the United States Presidency, | |
Hoping we will all follow him into | |
The Twilight Zone | |
What if Pat gets in the White House, | |
And suddenly | |
The rights of ' certain people' disappear | |
Mysteriously? | |
Now, wouldn' t that sort of qualify | |
As an American Tragedy? | |
Especially if he covers it up, sayin' | |
' Jesus told it to me!' | |
I hope we never see that day, | |
In The Land of The Free | |
Or someday will we? | |
Will we? | |
And if you don' t know by now, | |
The truth of what I' m tellin' you, | |
Then, surely I have failed somehow | |
And Jesus will think I' m a jerk, just like you | |
If you let those TV Preachers | |
Make a monkey out of you! | |
I said: | |
' Jesus will think you' re a jerk' | |
And it would be true! | |
There' s an old rugged cross | |
In the land of cutton | |
It' s still burnin' on somebody' s lawn | |
And it still smells rotten | |
Jim and Tammy! | |
Oh, baby! | |
You gotta go! | |
You really got to go! |