The Last Bongos In Blogistan

David told the leaders of the Levites

 to appoint their fellow Levites 

as musicians...

to make a joyful sound 

with musical instruments: 

lyres, harps and cymbals.

 ~ 1 Chronicles 15

And David¹⁷³² spoke⁵⁵⁹ to the chief⁸²⁶⁹ of the Levites³⁸⁸¹ to appoint^{5975 853} their brethren²⁵¹ to be the singers⁷⁸⁹¹ with instruments³⁶²⁷ of music,⁷⁸⁹² psalteries⁵⁰³⁵ and harps³⁶⁵⁸ and cymbals,⁴⁷⁰⁰ sounding,⁸⁰⁸⁵ by lifting up⁷³¹¹ the voice⁶⁹⁶³ with joy.⁸⁰⁵⁷

^~ 1 Chronicles 15

All Hail The Patron Saint of The Home For Aging Sluts

Ruth replied, 

“Don’t urge me to leave you 

or to turn back from you. 

Where you go I will go, 

and where you stay I will stay. 

Your people will be my people 

and your God, my God."

~ Ruth 1

  

'We're proud sluts'

Big Lizard In My Backyard

 

A lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet it is found in kings’ palaces

~ Proverbs 30

You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine

They say to the seers,
“See no more visions!”
and to the prophets,
“Give us no more visions
of what is right!
Tell us pleasant things,
prophesy illusions.
Leave this way,
get off this path,
and stop confronting us
with the Holy One of Israel!”
~ Isaiah 30

You say you love me
And you’re thinkin’ of me
But you know you could be wrong
You say you told me
That you wanna hold me
But you know you’re not that strong
I just can’t do what I done before
I just can’t beg you anymore
I’m gonna let you pass
And I’ll go last
Then time will tell just who fell
And who’s been left behind
When you go your way and I go mine...

Blackbird

 The ravens brought him bread 

and meat in the morning 

and bread and meat in the evening, 

and he drank from the brook.

~  1 Kings 17

Fever Tree

And if anyone takes words away 

from this scroll of prophecy, 

GOD will take away from that person 

any share in the tree of life 

and in the Holy City,

which are described in this scroll.

~  Revelation 22

 

First Of May

 Heal the sick, 

raise the dead, 

cleanse those 

who have leprosy, 

drive out demons. 

Freely you have received; 

freely give.

~  Matthew 10

Space Oddity

 ...and the stars in the sky fell to earth, 

as figs drop from a fig tree 

when shaken by a strong wind.

~  Revelation 6

Oh, By Jingo!

 Leave this way, 

 get off this path, 

and stop confronting us 

 with the Holy One of Israel!

~  Isaiah 30

"After All"

Please trip them gently, they don't like to fall, Oh by jingo

There's no room for anger, we're all very small, Oh by jingo

We're painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies,
From paradise
But they think that we're holding a secretive ball.
Won't someone invite them
They're just taller children, that's all, after all

Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown, Oh by jingo
So hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down, Oh by jingo
Some people are marching together and some on their own
Quite alone
Others are running, the smaller ones crawl
But some sit in silence, they're just older children
That's all, after all

I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords, with my words
I've borrowed your time and I'm sorry I called
But the thought just occurred that we're nobody's children At all, after all
Live till your rebirth and do what you will, Oh by jingo
Forget all I've said, please bear me no ill, Oh by jingo

After all, after all

JINGO : [originally perhaps a euphemism for Jesus; applied to bellicose patriots after the use of by Jingo! in the refrain of a 19th-century music-hall song]
 
Djinn, GO!

Into My Arms

 When I came, 

why was there no one?

 When I called, 

why was there no one to answer? 

Was my arm too short to deliver you? 

Do I lack the strength to rescue you?

 By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, 

 I turn rivers into a desert; 

their fish rot for lack of water 

and die of thirst.

~  Isaiah 50

I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord

And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord

And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candle burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore

Into my arms, O Lord...

I'm Just A Coaster But My Wheels Won't Go

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; 

preserve my life according to your word.

~ Psalm 119

And in the morning when you fill my eyes
I knew that day I couldn't do,
Ahh, no wrong, I couldn't do.

And so my mind begins to memorize
'Cause time will never seem the same,
Ahh, no more, never again.

I'm just a coaster but my wheels won't go,
My legs are weak my heels are low.
I'm just a coaster but my wheels won't roll.
Can't make no headway on this road.

There's an empty space inside me now,
A wasteland deep beneath the snow,
So cold, nothing'll grow.

I'm just a coaster but my wheels won't go,
My legs are weak my heels are low.
I'm just a coaster but my wheels won't roll.
Can't make no headway on this road. What road?

And in the morning when you fill my eyes
I knew that day I couldn't do,
Ahh, no wrong, I couldn't do.

What They Do!

 A Warning Against Hypocrisy

In GOD I trust and am not afraid. 

What can man do to me?

~  Psalm 56

“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town. And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.

~ Matthew 23

Black And White

Side by side they lie in the dust, 

and worms cover them both.

~ Job 21

The Shape Of My Heart

 The LORD your GOD

will circumcise your hearts 

and the hearts of your descendants, 

so that you may love him 

with all your heart 

and with all your soul, 

and live.

~  Deuteronomy 30

 

He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn't play for the money he wins
He doesn't play for the respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance

I know that the spades
are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs
are weapons of war
I know that diamonds
mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape, the shape of my heart

He may play the jack of diamonds
He may lay the queen of spades
He may conceal a king in his hand
While the memory of it fades

And if I told you that I loved you
You'd maybe think there's something wrong
I'm not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
Those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck
in too many places

And those who fear are lost

I know that the spades
are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs
are weapons of war
I know that diamonds
mean money for this art
But that's not the shape of my heart
That's not the shape, the shape of my heart

L'Hymne à L'Amour

Then he will say to those on his left, 

‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, 

into the eternal fire prepared 

for the devil and his angels, because:

 I was hungry 

and you gave me nothing to eat, 

I was thirsty 

and you gave me nothing to drink,

I was a stranger 

and you did not invite me in, 

I needed clothes 

and you did not clothe me, 

I was sick and in prison 

and you did not look after me.’ 

They will answer:

‘Lord, when did we see you hungry 

or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes

or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 

He will reply:

‘Truly I tell you, 

whatever you did not do 

for one of the least of these, 

you did not do for me.’
~ Matthew 25

Extremely Fucking Nigh.