"Gather us in at Good Shepherd"
Newly discovered verses for the traditional yet cutting-edge and
ever-popular tune, "Gather Us In." [*O Herr, versammle uns,* attr.
Martinus Haugenensis, *Filistinisches Gesangbuch,* c. 1975.]
Here in this place babies are screaming,
Shouldn't they all be banished away?
Some folks are late and others are dreaming;
Celebrate life, don't get carried away.
Gather us in, the bored and the dozer,
Blather us in with music inane;
Call to us now and call the composer,
We shall arise at the sound of his name.
We are the old, we yearn for a face lift,
We are the young, our lives are a mess,
We can't remember English or hist'ry,
Poetry, schmoetry, we could care less.
Gather us in, the rich and the naughty,
Blather us in, there's no right and wrong;
Give us a break and send us a ticket
Light-years away from the sound of our song.