Christ's in the Manger

Parody of "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin
Parody Lyrics by Jeff James (the Paro-dud)
A child was born just the other day. He was the son of a virgin, Mary,
And the angels watch and shepherds praise. The sheep o'erlook where the
young babe lays.
And He was teaching 'fore they knew it, and then so soon,
They knew He's gonna be substitute. Our woes, then from them, He'll make
pure.

CHORUS:
And the Christ's in the manger, and the prophecy's true.
Little boy grew, then He can redeem you.
When's He coming back then? I don't know when,
But He'll take to Heaven then, yeah. You know He'll save for good from sin.

The Son's baptized just the other day. God said, "Act, oh, on all that my
Son will say."
"Had to be then alone", He said (went away). He's got a battle brewing and
Satan says,
"And don't walk away, make bread rise from bricks."
Said, "I'm gonna read to him, yeah. You know, need more than bread to
live."

Chorus

Well, He came with palms then just the other day. It's such like a fanfare,
the branches waved.
But they're proud of Him, and, at least for a while, they took their threads
and they're laid down a mile.
What they'd really like, then, is from Rome, oh, to be freed.
Killed Him later when the Romans seized.

Chorus

On cross, He expired, and His ones were dismayed. They all ran off 'cause
they were afraid.
God said, "The Light you'll see, and Him you should mind." They said, "I
love Him. Thanks that He's sent for awhile."
You see, the Helper will last, and my Spirit's for you.
'Cause then You're the One who's true, yeah. Then You're the One who's
true.

And as He rose up above, He said, "Wait and see.
You're all gonna be like me, yeah. You're all gonna preach like me."

Chorus
Note: Jeff James has written several Parodeities over the years. He has been gracious enough to rewrite many of the parodies appearing in the Parodeity section on Webster. He's done a great job improving some of these tunes in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. I'm absolutely thrilled that he has taken it upon himself to make these improvements; I had hoped when I put all my work in the public domain that it would encourage some people to make these types of modifications to the Parodeities to improve them. It is exciting to see someone doing this kind of work; I hope that Jeff's excellent work will encourage others to write new parodies or "ReVerse" existing parodeities. -- Randy Hyde

BTW, if you don't understand the "Paro-Dud" moniker, visit ApologetiX' site and check out the name of Karl Messner's production company; then you'll probably get the play on words.
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