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Song Parodies -> "If He'd Stayed A Carpenter"
Original Song Title:
"If I Were A Carpenter"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Tim Hardin
Parody Song Title:
"If He'd Stayed A Carpenter"
Parody Written by:
Alvin Rhodes
The Lyrics
if he'd stayed a carpenter
instead of a crazy
if they buried him, would he stay
if he weren't a deity
if a preacher weren't his trade
would they still bind him
carrying a cross they'd made
guess they wouldn't mind him
saved the world through selflessness
saved the world's tomorrows
followers felt helplessness
while others felt no sorrow
yes, they nailed his hands to wood
but he still loves thee
answer him, lord, yes, you're good
i put you above me
would he still be here
at his saw mill grinding
turning gray, his flowing locks
his long life, unwinding
if he'd stayed a carpenter
instead of a crazy
if they buried him, would he stay
if he weren't a deity
if they buried him, would he stay
if he weren't a deity
instead of a crazy
if they buried him, would he stay
if he weren't a deity
if a preacher weren't his trade
would they still bind him
carrying a cross they'd made
guess they wouldn't mind him
saved the world through selflessness
saved the world's tomorrows
followers felt helplessness
while others felt no sorrow
yes, they nailed his hands to wood
but he still loves thee
answer him, lord, yes, you're good
i put you above me
would he still be here
at his saw mill grinding
turning gray, his flowing locks
his long life, unwinding
if he'd stayed a carpenter
instead of a crazy
if they buried him, would he stay
if he weren't a deity
if they buried him, would he stay
if he weren't a deity
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I think I see...you're asking a big 'what if'? He, of course, would still be the Deity, and since all these events were already written down in the Old Testament, He was fulfilling them, but changing others, like diet, etc.
Very speculative and original! 5s
Clever turn on the original title.
What John B said
thanks adagio yoidy john and ann
Yeah alvin ! Nice work :)
thanks peregrin
I think you nailed this one Alvin.
That was different--I always wanted to be a carpenter, they make good money and never have problems keeping in shape. . .555
You hammered this home..
inspired idea, and I loved "if they buried him, would he stay if he weren't a deity" - 555
Great word play off the OS, alvin. I really don't know how you can write consistently brilliant EVERY day! 555
thanks merry dave AFW stuart and rick
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