Nick Alexander in reference to my song parody Samaritan Women wrote me with another telling of the story with a first draft of the lyrics.
Okay… this is a parody of "Somebody Told Me" from The Killers (which came out about a year or two ago). It’s told from the Samaritan Woman’s point of view, as she heads into the city, telling others what had just happened. Enjoy.
That’s When He Told Me (parody of Somebody Told Me by The Killers)
I just came back–got a tale to tell
I just came back from the Samar’tan township well…
I’m not on crack, got nothing to sell
There at that place, I had seen this dude
Looked at His face, saw that He was a Jew…
Did He not know what was plain in view
That I couldn’t talk with that man, a Jew…
"
Give me a drink, give me a drink" he cried.
I looked at him and wondered "Who’s this guy?"
That’s when he told me
That I had five husbands
–the guy that I lived with
was not real-ly my husband. Hey, look there
You pray on that mountain
You should have a fountain…
What He had said, made me want to run
Where did he get the skinny on what I had done?
As you can guess, it was just no fun.
I had tried to steer the subject far from this.
So I pointed out that he had nothing to draw with…
But as I tried to steer the gabbing far from this.
Whatever I had lobbed at Him, He would hit
Could this be Christ, could this be Christ–the proooof?
Time that I worship in Spirit and in Truth…
That’s when he told me
That I had five husbands
–the guy that I lived with
was not real-ly my husband. Hey, look there
You pray on that mountain
You should have a fountain
that’s welling up, welling up…
He said "I am He,
Messi-ah, who’s coming."
And He’s still at the well right now
O how you oughta know this guy…
[x3]
Coz that’s what he told me
That I had five husbands
–the guy that I lived with
was not real-ly my husband. Hey, look there
You pray on that mountain
You should have a fountain
that’s welling up, welling up …
insi-i-ide.
YouTube version with The Killers here.
Well I must say Nick that I am in awe of your ability and would love to see this on a future CD of yours.
Nick asked me to plug the Top Catholic Songs website where you can listen to, vote, and download Catholic music.
For those who don’t know who Nick Alexander is, he is described as the Catholic "Weird Al" and I would agree with that definition. As a long time Dr. Demento fan who heard ‘Weird Al” Yankovic on Dr. Demento’s show when he sent him a tape as a teenager I would say Nick Alexander is equally talented.
You can listen to/download his music here.
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This is super timely. My eldest (nearly 20) and I (both converts, me a former prot pastor and she a former prot PK) went into a local evangelical chain bookstore (arghhhhhh) for the first time in about three years because she was pining for music. It was surreal in many ways. One of which was finding that I had zero (as in big fat capital Z zero) in any of the titles – especially the how to defend your faith type. Not that they are so bad just that they are so incomplete.
::thrive!
onionboy.ca – art
The music was of even less interest to me – granted, I am sure there’s some good stuff out there – I’m just not there anymore (if I ever was).
Enough digression. The reason the link is timely is that while there are some Catholic music sites out there most are poorly arranged (to say the least) and let’s admit it, there’s a lot of wimpy and cheesy Catholic (contemporary?) stuff out there. I gotta admit, some of the cover art on the albums shown on the linked site are scaring me that it could be more of the same but one can always hope (can’t one?).
My final thought today is what is it with me today and (all of these) parenthetical thoughts?
you’ve gotta love a Catholic blog that supports “the Killers.” Something ironic there. if I was smarter I’d probably be able to come up with a joke.
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