Happy Easter

hbmylarbig.jpgOn the way home from Easter service just a moment ago, I heard a second great sermon on the radio. One of San Francisco’s better radio stations, KFOG, sounded as if it were playing some Easter-themed music on their Accoustic Sunrise set. We caught a new song by Sarah McLachlan called “Ordinary Miracle,” and this fantastic folk song by Hugh Blumenfeld called “Long Haired Radical Socialist Jew.” Keep reading for the lyrics.

Well Jesus was a homeless lad
With an unwed mother and an absent dad
And I really don’t think he would have gotten that far
If Newt, Pat and Jesse had followed that star

So let’s all sing out praises to
That long-haired radical socialist Jew

When Jesus taught the people he
Would never charge a tuition fee
He just took some fishes and some bread
And made up free school lunches instead


So let’s all sing out praises to….

He healed the blind and made them see
He brought the lame folks to their feet
Rich and poor, any time, anywhere
Just pioneering that free health care


So let’s all sing out praises to….

Jesus hung with a low-life crowd
But those working stiffs sure did him proud
Some were murderers, thieves and whores
But at least they didn’t do it as legislators

So let’s all sing out praises to….

Jesus lived in troubled times
the religious right was on the rise
Oh what could have saved him from his terrible fate?
Separation of church and state.

So let’s all sing out praises to….

Sometimes I fall into deep despair
When I hear those hypocrites on the air
But every Sunday gives me hope
When pastor, deacon, priest, and pope
Are all singing out their praises to
Some long-haired radical socialist Jew.

They’re singing out their praises to..oooo..oooo..
Some long-haired radical socialist Jew.