Like Cruel Romans (Went to Excess)

Parody of "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" by The Hollies
Parody Lyrics by Jeff James (the Paro-dud)
Sabbath Day. Christ? He was downtown, teaching like a good rabbi.
Visiting the best in Jerusalem. Risky, lotta feelings ride.
They're selling ewes o'er on the left side. Smell of cattle, ooh, it was
real strong!
Ones around to talk with the money-change man. Yes, the herds in temple did
bring a wrong.
The Way who's so divine made them open their eyes. The tables, they started
to fly.
They said, "He's like cruel Romans, went to excess 'cause He chides,
diffuses them all."
He hushed the crooks. It was a bad mess 'cause it's wrong for salesman at
His hall.

I saw Him headed for the tables. Well, He was walking really fast.
The Pharisees said, "Oh, what does ail ya, boy? Yeah, we're selling, so
what's wrong then with that?"
Then suddenly we heard His ire, and everybody started to run,
Hunting up their wares and tables. Get preserved from wrath of Jew's holy
Son.
Well, the cheaters' stuff's dumped in the temple, and Jesus told, "It's not
right!"
Well, I hope that they were scared, but they wanna be spared.
You're not gonna be forgiven. If you wanna make your living,
It is wrong, no selling at this address 'cause He chides, diffuses them all.
He hushed the crooks. It was a bad mess 'cause it's wrong for salesman at
His hall.
In His hall, in His hall, NOT His hall.
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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