The Song Getting Ready to Get Down

[capablehippie]

Does anyone else know/like this song? It came out a little while ago, and it's been my favorite since I started hearing it on my area indie station. I first noticed because of the lyric, "Jesus hates your high school dances," which cracked me up. I love the lyrics/message, as well as the instrumental piece of the song. Here are some of the words:

Eve ate the apple 'cause the apple was sweet
What kinda god would ever keep a girl
From getting what she needs?/
Back off the bus in your own home town
Sayin' you didn't like me then probably won't like me now/
To really be a saint
You gotta really be a virgin
Dry as a page of the
King James Version
No ohh la la's, no oh yesses yesses
No I can't waits I got to see you againses
Turn your other cheek and take no chances
Jesus hates your high school dances/
They said your soul needed savin' so they sent you off to bible school
But you know a little more than they were sure was in the golden rule
Be good to everybody, be a strength to the weak
A joy to the joyful, the laughter in the grief
And give your love freely to whoever that you please
Don't let nobody tell you 'bout who you oughta be
And when you get damned in the popular opinion
It's just another damn of the damns you're not giving

Okay, that wasn't some, that was a bunch of the words... it's just so good! If you want to listen to it, it's by Josh Ritter.

[Heather]

What amazing, sex-positive, anti-sexist lyrics! Love. Off to go listen now.