Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be homos...
I remember it, but don't think I have the words anywhere. I suspect that any copies of that song were burned with the lyrics to the "Wash my feet in the blood of the wicked".
And you are correct Tom skips that one when doing his shows. At least the last time he played here he did. Here is a new one though he does with Brian Bliss.
Does anyone have a digitized copy of the Many Ways tape? I didn't know the names of the songs, but I used to enjoy singing "Hey hey mister won't you kidnap my kid...", and the song about using 3-in-1 oil on the bike. The problem is that after so many years I forgot some of the lyrics and can't sing the songs all the way through. I wouldn't mind having a copy of the tape in mp3 or similar format. (The tape wore out long ago.) If anyone has it and will send it to me, I'll give you my e-mail address.
Can never forget the Trinity song, though I don't remember the name...
They started out in Babylon where superstition ruled
They made their home in Greece and Rome and everyone was fooled
Now nothing's changed except their names; today they're known by most
As God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
My brother is my father and I don't know what to do.
For Christmas they gave me a bike, and that's my father too.
Now three-in-one's the oil I use when that bike needs to be greased.
And if you can figure that one out, you'd make a damn good priest.
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
That seems too short, so I'm confident I'm missing a verse.
Can never forget the Trinity song, though I don't remember the name...
They started out in Babylon where superstition ruled
They made their home in Greece and Rome and everyone was fooled
Now nothing's changed except their names; today they're known by most
As God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
My brother is my father and I don't know what to do.
For Christmas they gave me a bike, and that's my father too.
Now three-in-one's the oil I use when that bike needs to be greased.
And if you can figure that one out, you'd make a damn good priest.
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
That seems too short, so I'm confident I'm missing a verse.
The song about the Trinity was called the Trinity Song.
This is a song about 3 guys. *strum* Well, it's really a song about one guy. *strum* Well, I guess it's just a mystery-you'll have to take it on faith.
*music begins*
They started out in Babylon where superstition ruled
They made their home in Greece and Rome and everyone was fooled
Now nothing's changed except their names; today they're known by most
As God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost
(chorus)
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
If Christ was God, then God must need some psychiatric help.
'cause he sure did spend a lot of time just praying to himself.
If God was dead, who raised Him up? I just don't understand.
And I sure would like to see him sitting on His own right hand.
(chorus)
My brother is my father and I don't know what to do.
For Christmas they gave me a bike, and that's my father too.
Now three-in-one's the oil I use when that bike needs to be greased.
And if you can figure that one out, you'd make a damn good priest.
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
Oh man, i used to LOVE that tape. I actually did the "don't let your babies grow up to be homos one night live in my band!" . Now a day, people get all butt hurt. ( no pun intended, but its funny)
I too would love a copy or the mp3s or even the tape if anyone has it? did you ever get a copy UncleChromDome? if so i would love it sent to my email
pianomanny@gmail.com
This topic is not distasteful. The song is. And it's a part of TWI history that is fair game. It's no more political than discussing VPW's lie about being invited to Reagan's inauguration or LCM's bloodlust for stockpiling nuclear weapons.
Certain topics that are About The Way will occasionally border on politics. Some may even cross the border. But this one, I think, doesn't. Feel free to disagree.
i remember Bill and Gloria Gaither threatened a lawsuit for changing I'm so glad to be part of the family of God. That was quickly dropped from the blue Sing along the Way
Speaking of that tune.....I re read Craig's July 1994 letter to the Corps covering the current status of his "Homo Purge". In it he added a PS that is really a commentary on his entire future as Pres' of the Way. I wasn't involved in the Way at that time, wasn't getting corps-espondence or Happy Ho Ho' Holiday cards, so I only saw this later as it was shared by others. It went out that year a month before the August Corps Week and ROA, I'm not even entirely sure if there was even one that year but it sounds like he was gearing up for a real rip roaring time in the tents that year if there was.
Anyway - he notes early in that letter about VPW's "older standard" he had taught of dismissing anyone who was "caught in the act" of - well, I guess "being homo". Craig says they can no longer "wait" for that kind of thing. (I picture him pacing and fidgeting day after day at his desk, "did you get 'em?? did you see 'em?? No??!! Keep at it, we have to catch them IN THE ACT!! and GET PICTURES!) ....He ramps it down to "genuine spiritual suspicion" guiding the noses of those in "leadership"... ( I really struggle even writing that word in regards to the hose-pumps that ran the Way at that time, so I get where he's going with his sense of disgust).
So the ethical rubber met the road in VPW's time only if you got caught breaking a fundamental rule of his organization. Craig is clarifying that back in the day he understood that whatever you could get away with was okay by VPW. Just keep it down, manage your stuff, take care o' business and have a nice day. He might not like it, it might not even be "off the Word" but hey.
So Craig wanted everyone to get out their genuine suspect-acles and eyeball everyone for homo-nistic influences. I shudder at that thought - no unnecessary offense is intended to anyone including myself but the Way had a lot of people in the Corps who couldn't tie their shoes if they didn't have someone to tell them why and then had practiced doing it a lot...I'm not trying to be mean but it's the truth...plus a growing percentage of the "leadership" at the Way by that time were those who were too corrupt to pass up the emerging opportunities it's failure was offering...Yikes!!
Knowing now that Craig was looking down the lane at a sh it storm of biblical proportion his PS to close that letter is telling - it read:
"Howard Allen said quite a thing to me by way of a note the other days, when he said that he never saw Dr. Wierwille work as hard as I do to keep the household clean...." and he closed it by saying "so either get on or get scared to death and get out."
Of course he didn't - why do you think that was, genius! Craig was so busy busting other people from his elevated perch of judgment that he couldn't see the irony of a man who enjoyed the privacy of his own sexual activities looking under every rock to smoke out the activities of others. Kinda bad form as that kind of thing goes, you'd think. "No honor amongst those thieves" to be sure.
Edited by socks Y'know, if you have the time to do it, you have to make the time to do it right. You know? Thanks for watching. You're why Bestness is.
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mstar1
Mamas dont let your babies grow up to be way corps... Don't let em be a-holes, or pretend they read greek let em be loving , and kind and meek Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be way corps
Jimbo
I was a aGreasespot candidate by the time LCM went on his hunting spree! I could barely believe the things I was hearing from the one or two sources I knew. Then there were the stories about making th
WordWolf
Even the original artist doesn't play this material anymore. Is nostalgia really that important to you, or were you looking for a song to endorse?
mstar1
Mamas dont let your babies grow up to be way corps...
Don't let em be a-holes, or pretend they read greek
let em be loving , and kind and meek
Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be way corps
'cause they never do no good, they're always at meetings,
looking for someone to fleece....
That one?
didn't think so...
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TheHighWay
Hehehehe...
good one, mstar1
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ROFLMAO
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Belle
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be homos...
I remember it, but don't think I have the words anywhere. I suspect that any copies of that song were burned with the lyrics to the "Wash my feet in the blood of the wicked".
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WordWolf
Do you REALLY want the lyrics?
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Brother Speed
mamas don't let your babies grow up to be homos
don't let em wear earings and carry a purse
make em drink whiskey chase women and curse
mamas don't let your babies grow up to be homos
cuz they're never alone and they're always in men's rooms
looking for someone to love
homos love muscle bound dock workers when they can get em
retired librarians will just have to do when they can't
ok, i've started it off. but it's from memory that's 20 years old. i doubt vpw could have done this much.
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WhiteDove
Actually it is a Tom Burke song and is on the tape Many Ways. There are no lyrics enclosed but I suppose one could transcribe them.
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Brother Speed
ps. it's all i could remember.
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Belle
Brother Speed you remembered more than I did.
:D--> I was just proud to remember the name.
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WordWolf
*sighs*
Fine.
Please do NOT consider this an endorsement of hatespeech, insults or anything
else related to the song.
This is the lyrics.
(chorus)
"Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be homos.
Don't let 'em wear earrings or carry a purse,
Let 'em chase wimmin, drink whiskey and curse.
Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be homos.
'cuz they're never at home they're always in men's rooms,
Lookin' for someone to love.
Homos love musclebound dock-workers when they can get 'em.
Retired librarians just have to do when they can't.
Little warm skunks, or children, or monks, it don't make a whole lot of difference.
They'll give you a wink, then they'll buy you a drink,
Then they'll brush all the lint off your pants.
chorus
Homos are easy to find, but they're sure hard to lose.
They'll pick you up slumming, and offer you candy or booze.
Now roosters lay chickens, and chickens lay eggs-but homos break all of the rules.
On Saturday night they come out of the closet-on Monday they teach in our schools."
chorus
=========
That thing's stuck in my brain for life.
Along with some inoffensive songs, but still.
I try not to connect the artist with it by name, since I doubt he wants any
current connection with it. I imagine it's part of HIS shameful past with twi,
and he'd prefer to get past HIS just as most of us have tried to get past OURS.
But lcm just LOVED the song, didn't he?
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WhiteDove
Very Good WW !
Perfect score.
And you are correct Tom skips that one when doing his shows. At least the last time he played here he did. Here is a new one though he does with Brian Bliss.
http://www.blessed.ebusinesswebhosting.com...ooking_Down.mp3
And
http://www.blessed.ebusinesswebhosting.com...ooking_Down.mp3
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unclechromedome
Does anyone have a digitized copy of the Many Ways tape? I didn't know the names of the songs, but I used to enjoy singing "Hey hey mister won't you kidnap my kid...", and the song about using 3-in-1 oil on the bike. The problem is that after so many years I forgot some of the lyrics and can't sing the songs all the way through. I wouldn't mind having a copy of the tape in mp3 or similar format. (The tape wore out long ago.) If anyone has it and will send it to me, I'll give you my e-mail address.
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Can never forget the Trinity song, though I don't remember the name...
They started out in Babylon where superstition ruled
They made their home in Greece and Rome and everyone was fooled
Now nothing's changed except their names; today they're known by most
As God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
My brother is my father and I don't know what to do.
For Christmas they gave me a bike, and that's my father too.
Now three-in-one's the oil I use when that bike needs to be greased.
And if you can figure that one out, you'd make a damn good priest.
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
That seems too short, so I'm confident I'm missing a verse.
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The song about the Trinity was called the Trinity Song.
This is a song about 3 guys. *strum* Well, it's really a song about one guy. *strum* Well, I guess it's just a mystery-you'll have to take it on faith.
*music begins*
They started out in Babylon where superstition ruled
They made their home in Greece and Rome and everyone was fooled
Now nothing's changed except their names; today they're known by most
As God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost
(chorus)
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
If Christ was God, then God must need some psychiatric help.
'cause he sure did spend a lot of time just praying to himself.
If God was dead, who raised Him up? I just don't understand.
And I sure would like to see him sitting on His own right hand.
(chorus)
My brother is my father and I don't know what to do.
For Christmas they gave me a bike, and that's my father too.
Now three-in-one's the oil I use when that bike needs to be greased.
And if you can figure that one out, you'd make a damn good priest.
And if there's ever been a lie then this is one
They'll tell you "Son of God" means "God the Son."
Well we're God's sons and daughters, you and me.
So if Jesus Christ is God then so are we.
(That's the missing verse, plus the opening.)
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PianomanNY
Oh man, i used to LOVE that tape. I actually did the "don't let your babies grow up to be homos one night live in my band!" . Now a day, people get all butt hurt. ( no pun intended, but its funny)
I too would love a copy or the mp3s or even the tape if anyone has it? did you ever get a copy UncleChromDome? if so i would love it sent to my email
pianomanny@gmail.com
( fingers crossed)
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Jimbo
Wow! This brought back memories!
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Rocky
Honestly, this thread was started before the GSC ban on political topics/discussion.
The topic IS distasteful AND political.
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JayDee
You called it Rocky. That song pi$$es me off. It’s offensive on so many levels.
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modcat5
This topic is not distasteful. The song is. And it's a part of TWI history that is fair game. It's no more political than discussing VPW's lie about being invited to Reagan's inauguration or LCM's bloodlust for stockpiling nuclear weapons.
Certain topics that are About The Way will occasionally border on politics. Some may even cross the border. But this one, I think, doesn't. Feel free to disagree.
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PianomanNY
Exactly, i agree with what Modcat5 said. With all do respect i lost the tape, and just wanted to replace it.
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Thomas Loy Bumgarner
I am surprised Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings didn't sue The Way for copyright infringement. But what's new? Wierwille wasn't sued either
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i remember Bill and Gloria Gaither threatened a lawsuit for changing I'm so glad to be part of the family of God. That was quickly dropped from the blue Sing along the Way
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Speaking of that tune.....I re read Craig's July 1994 letter to the Corps covering the current status of his "Homo Purge". In it he added a PS that is really a commentary on his entire future as Pres' of the Way. I wasn't involved in the Way at that time, wasn't getting corps-espondence or Happy Ho Ho' Holiday cards, so I only saw this later as it was shared by others. It went out that year a month before the August Corps Week and ROA, I'm not even entirely sure if there was even one that year but it sounds like he was gearing up for a real rip roaring time in the tents that year if there was.
Anyway - he notes early in that letter about VPW's "older standard" he had taught of dismissing anyone who was "caught in the act" of - well, I guess "being homo". Craig says they can no longer "wait" for that kind of thing. (I picture him pacing and fidgeting day after day at his desk, "did you get 'em?? did you see 'em?? No??!! Keep at it, we have to catch them IN THE ACT!! and GET PICTURES!) ....He ramps it down to "genuine spiritual suspicion" guiding the noses of those in "leadership"... ( I really struggle even writing that word in regards to the hose-pumps that ran the Way at that time, so I get where he's going with his sense of disgust).
So the ethical rubber met the road in VPW's time only if you got caught breaking a fundamental rule of his organization. Craig is clarifying that back in the day he understood that whatever you could get away with was okay by VPW. Just keep it down, manage your stuff, take care o' business and have a nice day. He might not like it, it might not even be "off the Word" but hey.
So Craig wanted everyone to get out their genuine suspect-acles and eyeball everyone for homo-nistic influences. I shudder at that thought - no unnecessary offense is intended to anyone including myself but the Way had a lot of people in the Corps who couldn't tie their shoes if they didn't have someone to tell them why and then had practiced doing it a lot...I'm not trying to be mean but it's the truth...plus a growing percentage of the "leadership" at the Way by that time were those who were too corrupt to pass up the emerging opportunities it's failure was offering...Yikes!!
Knowing now that Craig was looking down the lane at a sh it storm of biblical proportion his PS to close that letter is telling - it read:
"Howard Allen said quite a thing to me by way of a note the other days, when he said that he never saw Dr. Wierwille work as hard as I do to keep the household clean...." and he closed it by saying "so either get on or get scared to death and get out."
Of course he didn't - why do you think that was, genius! Craig was so busy busting other people from his elevated perch of judgment that he couldn't see the irony of a man who enjoyed the privacy of his own sexual activities looking under every rock to smoke out the activities of others. Kinda bad form as that kind of thing goes, you'd think. "No honor amongst those thieves" to be sure.
Edited by socksY'know, if you have the time to do it, you have to make the time to do it right. You know? Thanks for watching. You're why Bestness is.
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