Selah
'Charly and Larry had gone through quite a bit in the previous few years and Larry chronicled some of it. The lyrics were considered controversial by the record company which distributed "Home At Last" and the song was faded out before it was finished.' Written in 1989
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Version 1 of this short (around a minute and a half) song is a full studio recording
Note that the stereo image is reversed on the double LP release of Home At Last |
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Version 2 is a live recording, performed solo with acoustic guitar during a 1990 concert in Hattem, Holland
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lyrics version 1
Me and my brother went to Russia
We sang our songs and played our drums and guitars
Am I supposed to be impressed with Glasnost
Well what about the christians still behind bars
Selah [x4]
Oh oh
Selah [x4]
You ripped me off but I ain’t gonna sue you
Our father doesn’t like it when we act that way
Here take my cloak, but what good will it do ya
You’d feel much better if we’d stop and pray
Selah [x8]
We sang our songs and played our drums and guitars
Am I supposed to be impressed with Glasnost
Well what about the christians still behind bars
Selah [x4]
Oh oh
Selah [x4]
You ripped me off but I ain’t gonna sue you
Our father doesn’t like it when we act that way
Here take my cloak, but what good will it do ya
You’d feel much better if we’d stop and pray
Selah [x8]
lyrics version 2
Me and my brother went to Russia
We played our songs, we played our drums and guitars
Am I supposed to be impressed with Glasnost
Well what about the christians still behind bars
Selah [x8]
You ripped me off but I ain’t gonna sue you
Our father doesn’t like it when we act that way
Here take my coat, but what good will it do you
You’ll feel much better if we stop and pray
Selah [x8]
My songs are spiritual fornication
That's what this television preacher said
I guess he knows a lot about fornication
I heard he wrote some sermons in a prostitute's bed
Selah [x8]
We played our songs, we played our drums and guitars
Am I supposed to be impressed with Glasnost
Well what about the christians still behind bars
Selah [x8]
You ripped me off but I ain’t gonna sue you
Our father doesn’t like it when we act that way
Here take my coat, but what good will it do you
You’ll feel much better if we stop and pray
Selah [x8]
My songs are spiritual fornication
That's what this television preacher said
I guess he knows a lot about fornication
I heard he wrote some sermons in a prostitute's bed
Selah [x8]