STRANGER IN THE MANGER by Tom Jensen
I've been thinking that my life needs some changing
Some things still need a little rearranging
And even though I wouldn’t say I’m angry
If everything starts to stay the same keeps keeping on so strangely
I knew what to do back in two thousand and two so just blame me
(no one framed me)
If maybe I was watching the world go by
And never even bothered to blink an eye
Maybe I was watching too many sunrises
And never bothered to read all the rules I was supposed to comply with
You know the one with the stranger who owned the manger
Its so full of danger that its a real cliffhanger
Forget the name, its probably now forgotten, but it had its fifteen minutes of fame
Includes both love and pain
the blind and the lame
the honorable and the rotten
You know: The one they said no other book could ever equal
So why did they ever go and write the sequel?
They believed they were all alone
Until I told them that I was writing my own
Started calling me some kind of false preacher
I responded that I’m just a knowledge teacher
To which they responded, don’t you even try it
I became despondent
You had better be damn well quiet
For words like that can cause a riot
I almost thought that they were gonna hang me
But I got the right to say it
And no one has to okay it
Better still no one has to obey it
For I saw that the Constitution states it plainly
Choosing your religion
Is just like going fishing
Sometimes you have to throw it back in
Jump right in
And start all over again
When you know there's bigger and better fish in the pond
For this is the only planet I know for certain that I’m on
Don't want to be baptized in a pool of sin
Trying my best to make certain that I don't fall in