“All You Zombies” by The Hooters (click here to listen)
Holy Moses met the PharaohYeah, he tried to set him straight
Looked him in the eye,
“Let my people go!”
Holy Moses on the mountain
High above the golden calf
Went to get the Ten Commandments
Yeah, he’s just gonna break ’em in half!
High above the golden calf
Went to get the Ten Commandments
Yeah, he’s just gonna break ’em in half!
All you zombies hide your faces,
All you people in the street,
All you sittin’ in high places,
The pieces gonna fall on you
All you people in the street,
All you sittin’ in high places,
The pieces gonna fall on you
No one ever spoke to Noah,
They all laughed at him instead
Workin’ on his ark,
Workin’ all by himself
They all laughed at him instead
Workin’ on his ark,
Workin’ all by himself
Only Noah saw it comin’,
Forty days and forty nights,
Took his sons and daughters with him,
Yeah, they were the Israelites!
Forty days and forty nights,
Took his sons and daughters with him,
Yeah, they were the Israelites!
All you zombies hide your faces,
All you people in the street,
All you sittin’ in high places,
The rain’s gonna fall on you
All you people in the street,
All you sittin’ in high places,
The rain’s gonna fall on you
Holy Father, what’s the matter?
Where have all your children gone?
Sittin’ in the dark,
Livin’ all by themselves,
You don’t have to hide anymore!
Where have all your children gone?
Sittin’ in the dark,
Livin’ all by themselves,
You don’t have to hide anymore!
All you zombies show your faces,
All you people in the street,
All you sittin’ in high places,
The pieces gonna fall on you!
All you people in the street,
All you sittin’ in high places,
The pieces gonna fall on you!
All you zombies show your faces,
(I see you out there!)
All you people in the street,
(Let’s see you!)
All you sittin in high places,
It’s all gonna fall on you!
(I see you out there!)
All you people in the street,
(Let’s see you!)
All you sittin in high places,
It’s all gonna fall on you!
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Eric Bazilian / Eric M. Bazilian / Rob Hyman / Robert Andrew Hyman
All You Zombies lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc
This song was introduced to me by the Rev. Will Nicholas, currently minister at St. David’s, Newtown.
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COMMENTS ON THE PREVIOUS SELECTION
According to Matthew (24, 25), Mark (13) and Luke (21), Jesus had his apocalyptic moments, and “The Hour that the Ship Comes In” certainly has an apocalyptic tone. However, rather than interpreting it as an ‘end of the world’ event, consider it more as a personal crisis, a moment of choice, when the old life gives way to the new.