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Songs for the Reaper

from Songs for the Reaper by Ultraviolet Hippopotamus

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lyrics

I read the good book before I used all the paper
I found that I am still confused
If I give my soul to Jesus I get nothing
But if I sell it to the devil he'll show me how to play the blues

I sang that song for the reaper
He said "Boy you ain't got no soul,
I'll come back for you later, til then
Learn how to rock n roll"

All the fundamentalists are putting up there fists
It appears they got a little lost in their pride
Now before you go playing this record backwards
I'm just saying if there's a god he's on everybody's side

I sang that song for the reaper
All he did was laugh
He said "Boy you still don't get it do you?
You gotta learn how to make last!"

The mad man Alice Cooper became a priest
Bob Marley said god was a living man
Jimmy Hendrix said "Music is my religion"
That's the only one I understand

I sang that song for the reaper
right before I asked him "why?"
He said "God is what you make it, boy,
Whatever rules you want to apply"

I caught the reaper dancing
To a song that I wrote
He said "Man you're starting to catch on,
Take my hand, it's your time to go"

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from Songs for the Reaper, released February 9, 2008

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“This Grand Rapids band does the groovy, experimental, jam-rock thing in a way that would make Frank Zappa proud.”

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