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Gremlins and God

from Fire and Fall Back by Richie Kaye

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Is that former rock n roller now an old fool or a wise sage? Depends on your perspective...

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GREMLINS AND GOD

Young guy:

He's an aging rock and roller
Got a paunchy bod
The crowd used to get high on dope
Now the crowd gets high on God
Now the crowd gets high on God

He croons his love for Jesus and the crowd gets high on God

He used to be hot-blooded
Like Jim Morrison in leather pants
But the lizard king died young enough to live
And this guy's dying on stage, you dig?
He's dying up on stage, you dig?

I'm laughing it up, just watching him prance
Hell, I see his underpants

He's just a hunched-up, white-haired,
buck-tooth, clad in black, spectacled,
impotent old fool
Drivin' his Gremlin to gigs
Packing his bags with all of his wigs

[INTERLUDE]

Young guy a few decades later:

He's an aging rock and roller
Praise His name that he shook smack
He turned his life around and says
He's never ever goin' back
He swears he's never goin' back
He croons his love for Jesus
And the crowd has a heart attack

He used to be hot-blodded
You-know-what with gals and guys
But now he's a faithful celibate
And swears to never tell no lies
I swear he's never told me no lies
He croons his love for Jesus
And the crowd has a heart attack

I'm laughing it up, just watching him prance
He's got the crowd in a trance

He's just simple man, old school,
empty wallet, sleeps well,
shirt-off-his-back, salt-of-the-earth Joe.
Takes his Mama to lunch sometimes
Congregation love him so.

[REPRISE]
He's just a hunched-up, white-haired,
buck-tooth, clad in black, spectacled,
salt-of-the-earth Joe.
Takes his Mama to lunch sometimes
Congregation love him so.

© 2009 Richard Kuslan
All Rights Reserved

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from Fire and Fall Back, released February 18, 2020
Voice and guitar: Richie Kaye

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Richie Kaye Houston, Texas

www.richiekaye.com

Richie Kaye is a musical performer who has worked on television, on the live stage, in theaters, museums and clubs and in the subway. Now based in Houston, Texas, he's performed in the U.S. and Asia.

Prior recorded work includes Whinin' and Complainin': Classic Nashville Out-of-Love Songs, The Last Whoop-dee-doo, Richie Kaye's Music & Mirth and Fire and Fall Back
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