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(Steve Taylor, ‘The Best We Could Find’, Sparrow Records, 1988)

I’d gone through so much other stuff

that walking down the aisle was tough

but now I know it’s not enough

I asked the Lord into my heart

they said that was the way to start

but now you’ve got to play the part

chorus:

Be a clone and kiss conviction goodnight

cloneliness is next to Godliness, right?

I’m grateful that they show the way

’cause I could never know the way

to serve him on my own

They told me that I’d fall away

unless I followed what they say

who needs the Bible anyway?

Their language it was new to me

but Christianese got through to me

now I can speak it fluently

(chorus)

Send in the clones

Ah, I kind of wanted to tell my friends and people about it, you know

What?

You’re still a babe

you have to grow

give it twenty years or so

’cause if you want to be one of his

got to act like one of us

(chorus)

So now I see the whole design

my church is an assembly line

the parts are there

I’m feeling fine

I’ve learned enough to stay afloat

but not so much I rock the boat

I’m glad they shoved it down my throat

Everybody must get cloned

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If you ever listen to the album you may want to also hear ‘This Disco (used to be a cute cathedral)’ … a comment on Jesus Jingles.

Mark Oz