Monday, November 30, 2009

Song and Sign

Saturday, November 28, 2009, I was driven to write a song.
The melody was based on the Watchtower song "We Are Jehovah's Witnesses", #113.
The words are completely reworked, to emphasize current Watchtower Society teachings, practices, and philosophy.

Sunday morning, I was sitting on the back patio, eating breakfast alone.
I was wondering if I might have gone too far, by rewriting the kingdom melody
called "We Are Jehovah's Witnesses"
Then, for one brief moment, I saw a fantastic sight.
In the grass below, about 40 or more feet in diameter, was a giant fingerprint.
This was even more unusual, because I did not have my eyeglasses on.
After I saw it, looking again, there was absolutely nothing present
anywhere on the grass that gave a hint that what I saw
was just a trick of light, or illusion.
I took this as a sign of God's protection.
Here are the lyrics to to song-

WE ARE THE SLAVES WITNESSES

WE ARE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
WE SPEAK, BUT NO ONE LISTENS TO US
WE GO DOOR TO DOOR, AS WE MAY
OUR HOURS WE’LL REPORT TODAY
THE ELDERS WE ALWAYS OBEY
EVEN THOUGH THEY ALWAYS SWAY
THE ELDERS HAVE A SECRET BOOK
COULD IT AFFECT AT HOW US THEY LOOK

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO GO TO THE BACKROOM
AT THE HALL NEVER TOUCH YOUR GROOM
KINGDOM HALLS WE WILL BUILD
MONEY, TOO, INTO THE TILL
THE WATCHTOWER SOCIETY TAKES THEM ALL
THAT GOVERNING BODY HAS SOME GALL
HOLY ONES EVIL MAY NOT SPEAK
LET THE WATCHTOWER HAVOK WREAK

WE WILL GET BAPTIZED AGAIN
YEARBOOK NUMBERS WE WILL BEND
40,000 ARE DISFELLOWSHIPPED EACH YEAR
ALL WE CAN SAY IS OH DEAR, OH DEAR
MANY MORE ARE LEAVING TOO
LOOK OUT, FOR NEXT IT COULD BE YOU
OUR GOD IS JEHOVAH
JESUS IS HO-HUM, AH-HA

9 MEN FAITHFULLY WE FOLLOW
A GOVERNING BODY, WE DO SWALLOW
WE OBEY EVERYTHING THEY SAY
IN THEIR HANDS WE ARE LIKE CLAY
YOU SHOULD TRY TO PIONEER
BETTER YET, BECOME AN ELDEER

THEN PEOPLE CAN LOOK UP TO YOU
HAVING A POSION IS THE THING TO DO
WE ARE ALWAYS- ALWAYS RIGHT
WRONG DATES DO NOT CHANGE OUR MIGHT
ALL PEOPLE MUST COME TO US
CHILD MOLESTERS- IT’S NO FUSS

AT ARMEGEDDON ALL WILL DIE
WE WILL LIVE, DON’T WONDER WHY
IF YOU COME TO OUR HALL TODAY
OUR ELDERS WILL KEEP YOU AT BAY
JUSTICE AND MERCY ARE NOT FOUND HERE
SACRIFICE TO GOD WILL BRING YOU NEAR

WE ARE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
WE SPEAK BUT NO ONE LISTENS TO US
MIND CONTROL IS TRULY FINE
BEING A WITNESS IS SUBLIME