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The Lord's Balloon

from All We Need by The Goat Family

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The Lord’s Balloon

They built a church in the name of my father
Called it “The House Of Heavenly Light”
Prayer in the morning for the born-agains
And poker for the regulars every night
The front door faces God in his glory
The side door faces a liquor store
The back door opens on the city bank
In the basement we got the ammo stored

I go there to eat the body of Christ
I drink His blood and I’m free from sin
Go back home and I beat my wife
‘Cause the Green Bay Packers lost again
The front door says “Home Sweet Home,”
Side door says “No Peddlers Allowed”
Back door’s shut with four deadbolts
‘Cause there’s Puerto Ricans’ living three doors down

And I know I am guaranteed a place in the Lord’s Balloon
With my entire family, excepting my agnostic son
And my brother-in-law, the Jew

The Deacon read me my last rites
He genuflected and then I died
There weren’t no angels or heavenly sights
Like I’d expected all of my life
The front door’s shut and covered with flowers
The side door’s how they lowered me down
The back door’s where I lay my head
In my eternal bed underground

And I know I am guaranteed a place in the Lord’s Balloon
With my entire family, excepting my agnostic son
And my brother-in-law, the Jew

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from All We Need, released September 1, 2008
words & music - Dan Janos

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With harmonies storming in from the West and rhythms shaking loose from the American songbook, this band packs folk, country, banda, and blues into a wobbly wagon on a cross-country trip bound for butt-shaking happiness.

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