Happy Good Frigg's Day

[joeallonby]

This is a masterpiece.

Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.


Peace
Joe

n 4/18/03 2:40 PM, s~Z at keithsz at concentric.net wrote:

> Gloria

By Van Morrison

brilliantly altered and reinterpreted
> 
> by Patti Smith
> 
> Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine
> meltin' in a pot of thieves
> wild card up my sleeve
> thick heart of stone
> my sins my own
> they belong to me, me
> 
> people say "beware!"
> but I don't care
> the words are just
> rules and regulations to me, me
> 
> I-I walk in a room, you know I look so proud
> I'm movin' in this here atmosphere, well, anything's allowed
> and I go to this here party and I just get bored
> until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing
> humpin' on the parking meter, leanin' on the parking meter
> oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine
> and I got this crazy feeling and then I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine
> ooh I'll put my spell on her
> 
> here she comes
> walkin' down the street
> here she comes
> comin' through my door
> here she comes
> crawlin' up my stair
> here she comes
> waltzin' through the hall
> in a pretty red dress
> and oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine
> and I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine
> 
> and then I hear this knockin' on my door
> hear this knockin' on my door
> and I look up into the big tower clock
> and say, "oh my God here's midnight!"
> and my baby is walkin' through the door
> leanin' on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big plunge
> and oh, she was so good and oh, she was so fine
> and I'm gonna tell the world that I just ah-ah made her mine
> 
> and I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name
> she whispered to me, she told me her name
> and her name is, and her name is, and her name is, and her name is
> G-L-O-R-I-A
> G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
> G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
> 
> I was at the stadium
> There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me
> Marie and Ruth but to tell you the truth
> I didn't hear them I didn't see
> I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock
> and I heard those bells chimin' in my heart
> going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong.
> ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong
> counting the time, then you came to my room
> and you whispered to me and we took the big plunge
> and oh. you were so good, oh, you were so fine
> and I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine
> make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine
> 
> G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
> G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
> 
> and the tower bells chime, "ding dong" they chime
> they're singing, "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine."
> 
> Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A,
> Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A, G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
> G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
> G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
> G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria .
> 
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