Alleluia

Words and music by Dar Williams

Ron and Nancy got the house but Sid and Nancy rule

I died 8 years ago I'm still a legend at my high school

I stole a Chevy and I wrapped it round a tree

But that's OK cause no one's gonna make the next century

I'm up in heaven now they say I'm here to stay

Where the clouds are really puffy and the angels sing every day

Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia, Wo-oh . . .

The cafeteria's got everything it's gonna drive me mad

Cause it looks just like a big Hawaiian party that my mother had

It's like the worst Elvis film I've ever seen

Technicolor luau all on technicolor green

There's camping trips and donkey rides and singing round the

fire

And they signed me up for surfing

But they can't get me in the choir

Alleluia Alleluia Alleluia, Wo-oh . . .

But there she was this morning getting fitted for her wings

Leather boots magenta hair and saying nasty things

I'd say she was an angel but it's stupid and it's obvious

I said you'll hate it here cause we're the only ones like us

It's crypto-fascist mania it's silicon deliria

Yeah, she said, you're right, but I like the cafeteria

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Hey God we're the bad kids we're so nasty mean and vile

God looks like a guidance counselor God's got that smile

God says, how could this be, that's really odd

I guess I'll have to check my records, silly me, you know, I'm

only

God . . .

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The waves are perfect and the sun will always shine

But there's got to be more to death than surfing all the time

I know the signs of self-destruction so I try to stop each new

kid

Don't be like me, forever young, forever stupid

Yeah, I found love here but I'll bet you'll find it there

Where they don't always make the same joke

Gee you make a heavenly pair

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Alleluia