Dar Williams Alleluia Lyrics

Alleluia Lyrics




Words and music by Dar Williams

Ron and Nancy got the house but Sid
and Nancy rule
I died 8 years ago I'm still a legend at my high school
I
stole a Chevy and I wrapped it round a tree
But that's OK cause no one's
gonna make the next century
I'm up in heaven now they say I'm here to
stay
Where the clouds are really puffy and the angels sing every
day
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia, Wo-oh . . .

The cafeteria's got
everything it's gonna drive me mad
Cause it looks just like a big Hawaiian
party that my mother had
It's like the worst Elvis film I've ever
seen
Technicolor luau all on technicolor green
There's camping trips and
donkey rides and singing round the fire
And they signed me up for surfing

But they can't get me in the choir 
Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia, Wo-oh .
. .

But there she was this morning getting fitted for her
wings
Leather boots magenta hair and saying nasty things
I'd say she was
an angel but it's stupid and it's obvious
I said you'll hate it here cause
we're the only ones like us
It's crypto-fascist mania it's silicon
deliria
Yeah, she said, you're right, but I like the cafeteria
. . . . .
. . . . . . .

Hey God we're the bad kids we're so nasty mean and
vile
God looks like a guidance counselor God's got that smile
God says,
how could this be, that's really odd
I guess I'll have to check my records,
silly me, you know, I'm only
God . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.

The waves are perfect and the sun will always shine
But there's got
to be more to death than surfing all the time
I know the signs of
self-destruction so I try to stop each new kid
Don't be like me, forever
young, forever stupid
Yeah, I found love here but I'll bet you'll find it
there
Where they don't always make the same joke
Gee you make a heavenly
pair
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