Smug

A personal favorite of mine... Roland Steven Taylor. A great teacher using the medium of music & video, laced with sarcasm, satire, irony, & absurdity, asking Christ-followers to be more than clones... Shaped my wit... sense of humor... dislike of "christian" posturing... & some other stuff.

From the album "Squint". Lyric posted below.



SMUG
Strike this little pose
Chin up in the air
Lips together tightly
Nostrils in a flare
Now look like you care
Very nice!

Practice in the mirror
Brushing back a tear
Very sincere
A promising career could begin right here at home
If you've got that smug...
That smug...

CHORUS

Hey mama hey mama lookee what your little babies all have become
Hey mama hey mama don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun?
Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle?
Is it in our blood?
Rome is burning
We're here turning smug

Strike another pose
Power politics
Swallow their conventions
Get your power fix
We love to mud wrestle
We love to be politically Koreshed

Practice that smug
Post it like a man
One part Master Limbaugh
Two parts Madame Streisand
Now pretend you're in a band
My, my, we're looking smug
Very very very very

CHORUS

All you smug-starved millions in the thick of the search
Welcome to our church
Whatcha wanna solve?
We can help you evolve from merely self-righteous
To perfectly smug

Strike the proud pose of our country club brethren
Friendly as a tomb
Fragrant as the bottom of a locker-room broom
Now what's the matter?
Hey...get off your knees...that part don't come 'til later...
God will not be pleased...


Rome is cooking
My, we're looking smug

Everybody Must Get Cloned...

If you've ever wondered how I've ended up like I have, take a look at this:



Steve Taylor shaped my thinking about Christ, Christianity, & living the life of a Christ-follower, often using irreverent, sarcastic lyric/music... stuff that made me think & ask, "Now why is it we do it that way again?" And, "Is that REALLY how we're (aka: The Machine called church) coming off? And if so, why?"

Thanks to Pat D for sending this my way - you made my day.

noo moosik

Found these guys through my friend Tom - nice.


Obadiah Parker

As usual, I'm probably late to the dance, but mejor tarde que nunca, si mon huey?