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Songs of Sacrilege: Satellite by the Hooters

This is the one hundred and twelfth installment in the Songs of Sacrilege series. This is a series that I would like readers to help me with. If you know of a song that is irreverent towards religion, makes fun of religion, pokes fun at sincerely held religious beliefs, or challenges the firmly held religious beliefs of others, please send me an email.

Today’s Song of Sacrilege is Heaven is Satellite by the Hooters.

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Lyrics

Hush little baby, don’t cry like that
God’s gonna buy you a Cadillac
He’s chosen you to do his will
You can spread the word in your coupe de ville

So jump in the river and learn to swim
God’s gonna wash away all your sins
And if you still can’t see the light
God’s gonna buy you a satellite

Look to the heavens and see it shine
Heals the sick and leads the blind
Tune it in and hear it say
It’s counting down to judgment day

So jump in the river and learn to swim
God’s gonna wash away all your sins
And if you still can’t see the light
God’s gonna buy you a satellite

Hey, satellite man, your time has come
Your word received by everyone
And should you fall, well, that’s okay
You love the ones that you betray

So jump in the river and learn to swim
God’s gonna wash away all your sins
And when at last you see the light
God’s gonna by you a satellite

So jump in the river and learn to swim
God’s gonna wash away all your sins
And when at last you see the light
God’s gonna buy you a satellite

Yeah, when at last you see the light
God’s gonna buy you a satellite
Hey, God’s gonna buy you a satellite

Look to the heavens and see it shine

Series Navigation<< Songs of Sacrilege: Heaven is Under the Sun by Beta PlaySongs of Sacrilege: Tennessee by Stephen Lynch >>

5 Comments

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    Michael Mock

    I love The Hooters. For a Christian band (and there’s too much Biblical imagery in their work for me to think it’s incidental), they’re… well, I think they get counted as mainstream because they have too much artistic integrity to qualify as “Christian Rock”, even though they’re clearly Christian and they clearly rock.

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    Appalachian Agnostic

    I loved “And We Danced” when it came out, but lost track of the group after that. Also, just noticed the play on “Falwell”

    And should you fall, well, that’s okay

    heehee

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