Ray Stevens - Mississippi Squirrel Revival lyrics

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Well when I was a kid I would take a trip<br />

Every Summer down to "Mississipp," to visit<br />

My Granny and 'er "Auntie Belluam World."<br />

I'd run barefooted all-day long, climbing <br />

Trees free as a song; One day I happened <br />

To catch myself a squirrel. <br />

Well I stuffed him down <br />

In an old shoe box, and punched a couple <br />

Holes in the top; When Sunday came I snuck em' <br />

In the Church. I sittin' way back on the very<br />

Last pew showin em' to my good buddy Hugh, <br />

When that squirrel got loose and went totally<br />

Buzzerk.<br />

Well what happened next is hard to tell; <br />

Some thought it was Heaven others thought<br />

It was Hell, but the fact that something was <br />

Among was plain to see.<br />

As the choir sang " I Surrender All", the <br />

Squirrel ran up Harv Newman's coveralls, and <br />

Harv leaped to his feet and said something's got <br />

A hold on me yeeeooow! <br />

CHORUS<br />

The day the squirrel went buzzerk in the <br />

First Self-Righteous Church in that sleepy little <br />

Town of Pascagoula. It was a fight for survival <br />

That broke out in revival. They were jumpin' pews<br />

And shoutin' "Hallelujah".<br />

VERSE 2<br />

Well Harv hit the aisles dancin' and screamin'.<br />

Some thought he had Religion others thought<br />

He had a demon, and Harv thought he had a <br />

Weed-eater loose in his fruit-of-the-looms.<br />

He fell to his knees to plead and beg, and the <br />

Squirrel ran out of his britchy-leg; unobserved <br />

To the otherside of the room.<br />

All the way down to the AMEN pew, where sat <br />

"Sister Bertha Better-than-You", who had been <br />

Watching all of the commotion with sufistic glee.<br />

But shoot, you should have seen the look in her eyes <br />

When that squirrel jumped her garders and crossed her <br />

Thighs. And she jumped to her feet and said, <br />

"Lord have mercy on me!"<br />

As the squirrel made laps inside her dress, <br />

She began to cry and then to confess<br />

To sins that would make a sailor blush with shame.<br />

<br />

She told of gossip and church disention, <br />

But the thing that got the most attention<br />

Is when she talked about her love life<br />

Then she started naming names! <br />

<br />

The day the squirrel went berserk.<br />

In the First Self-Righteous Church<br />

Of that sleepy little town of Pascagoula.<br />

It was a fight for survival, <br />

That broke out in revival.<br />

They were jumpin pews and shouting Halelujah! <br />

<br />

Well seven deacons and the pastor got saved<br />

And 25, 000 dollars got raised.<br />

And 50 volunteered for missions in the Congo<br />

On the spot.<br />

And even without and invitaion<br />

There were at least 500 rededications.<br />

And we ALL got rebaptised whether we needed it or not.<br />

<br />

Well you've heard the Bible stories I guess<br />

Of how he parted the waters for Moses to pass.<br />

All th miracles God has brought to this l' world.<br />

But the one I'll remember to my dyin day<br />

Is how he put that church back on the narrow way<br />

With a half crazed Mississippi Squirrel<br />

<br />

The day the squirrel went berserk.<br />

In the First Self-Righteous Church<br />

Of that sleepy little town of Pascagoula.<br />

It was a fight for survival, <br />

That broke out in revival.<br />

They were jumpin pews and shouting Halelujah!</