Down Derry Down - David Massengill

Are you bored with the Lord

And his terrible swift sword

Is it for love or is it fear

That you're the Lord's cheerleader

Hallelujah rah rah rah

Hallelujah sis boom bah

La de da

Raphael Raphael

If you could see me in Hell

Fiddle dee fiddle dum

By gee by gosh by golly by gum

Just tell God to stuff his apple tree

The Trinity was once a tarbaby

Soon you'll know Hell's hospitality

Maybe someday you'll get amnesty

God shed his grace on thee

And thee went down derry down

Do you hiss at heavenly bliss
Don't you miss my red hot kiss
Are you sick and tired of mellow
When you really want to be an evil fellow
Hell's the place to get your rocks off
There's even talk of a spin-off
In prime time
Gabriel Gabriel
If you could see me in Hell
I've got frost I've got fire
I eat millions sweet and sour
Like the man who was wrong from the start
Trying to rebuild Noah's ark
Went insane and started to bark
Was found to have fireflies in his heart
And they said it could not be done
Till they went down derry down

Do you scorn those twice born
Come to Hell and grow some horns
Are you blinded by the light
In your heart you know I'm right
Are you fed up and frustrated
Come to Hell get liberated
Come on down
Uriel Uriel
If you could see me in Hell
O how I preen hall I prace
How I jivvy jam the devil's dance
Resembling the late Duke of Earl
His rod and his staff he did twirl
Tho his eyes were mother of pearl
He loved all the lost little girls
To kiss his cold clay lips
And then go down derry down

Do you puke on Saint Luke
'Cause he reminds you of Patty Duke
Are you bummed out with devout
Just once don't you want to shout:
"I am fed up with perfection
I can't get no satisfaction:"
Get down
Michael Michael
If you could see me in Hell
I've got the will I've got the power
To desecrate the holy flower
The carpenter caught in a web
The fly presumed dead dead dead
For the lion-hearted must be fed
That's how Johnny Reb lost his head
It's finger lickin' good
When you go down derry down

You better say your prayers
Down the devil's stairs
O don't get scared
Down the devil's stairs
Just a medium rare
Down the devil's stairs
Down derry down

Note: This song was inspired by Mark Twain's Letters to the Earth, C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, and John Milton's Paradise Lost. According to Milton's poem, there were nine archangels, Lucifer being the most charismatic. Four archangels remained faithful to God, and four joined Lucifer in a power struggle for control of Heaven. They lost. Here, Lucifer and his cohorts have established a kingdom in Hell. Lucifer addresses the four archangels in Heaven, hoping to tempt one or more down derry down. Put yourself in the wings of an archangel and listen. The voice is the devil's.

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