[rhema]

[Hymns for a New World -- in the April issue of Touchstone magazine]

KEEP AWAY
Sung to "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross"

Jesus, keep me from the cross;
Be more understanding.
Free to all -- it better be;
Thus I am demanding.

(everbody now!) From the cross, from the cross!
I am ill-at-ease!
I would rather have to learn
Mandarin Chinese.

Jesus, keep me from the cross;
It's a bit too gory.
If you want some relevance,
Tell a diff'rent story.
From the cross, etc.

Jesus, keep me from the cross;
I must keep my distance.
I think I can find my own
Path of least resistance.
From the cross, etc.

--Patrick Davis

[Terriergal]

That’s unfortunately not even satire these days!!