Song, Chant, Poetry, Stories and Satire for the Pagan Community

This entry made: 11/04/1997

Title: With Friends Like These
Lyrics by: Isaac Bonewits
Tune: Love and Marriage
Date: 1997
Source: http://www.qed.net/Bonewits/IB_Songs.HTML
Recorded on:
Subject: Humor

Gawd and Satan, Gawd and Satan,
Those archetypes of fear and guilt and hatin';
You know, my sisters and bro~thers,
You can't have one without the -- o~~ther!

Nasty old Yahweh, in His heyday,
Said good and evil were both under His sway;
And that loser Sa~tan,
Was the D.A. working for the -- Ma~~n!

Bridge:
Try, try, try to separate them;
It's an illusion.
Why, why try to complicate them?
You~~ only come to this conclusion:

Satanic preachers, fill their bleachers,
With such pathetic neurotic creatures;
Beneath their high-tech scam~min',
The leaders worship good old -- Mam~~mon!

Snarlin' and sneerin', so endearin',
They think they're scary but all we're fearin',
Is that they need more ba~ths,
These followers of Left Hand -- Pa~~ths!

[Bridge]

Should Neopagans, accept these Fagins,
The Satanists and other Christo-Pagans?
They offer what we la~ck:
A poisoned knife, a poisoned knife,
A poisoned kni~fe in the -- ba~~ck!

Optional verses to add or substitute:

Good God, Bad God, Good Cop, Bad Cop,
The formula for keeping liars on top;
This dualist disa~ster,
All goes back to Zoroa~~ster!

T.O.S.-ers, C.O.S.-ers,
The Internet is full of these B.S.-ers;
Their arguments are cal~low,
'Cause way down deep inside they're -- shal~~low!