Smug [MM]
Strike this little pose
Chin up in the air
Lips together tightly
Nostrils in a flare
Now look like you care
Very nice!
Practice in the mirror
Brushing back a tear
Very sincere
A promising career could begin right here at home
If you've got that smug...
That smug...
chorus:
Hey mama hey mama lookee what your little babies all have become
Hey mama hey mama don't it ever make you wish you'd been a nun?
Vain and fickle, were we weaned on a pickle?
Is it in our blood?
Rome is burning
We're here turning smug
Strike another pose
Power politics
Swallow their conventions
Get your power fix
We love to mud wrestle
We love to be politically Koreshed
Practice that smug
Post it like a man
One part Master Limbaugh
Two parts Madame Streisand
Now pretend you're in a band
My, my, we're looking smug
Very very very very
(chorus)
All you smug-starved millions in the thick of the search
Welcome to our church
Whatcha wanna solve?
We can help you evolve from merely self-righteous
To perfectly smug
Strike the proud pose of our country club brethren
Friendly as a tomb
Fragrant as the bottom of a locker-room broom
Now what's the matter?
Hey...get off your knees...that part don't come 'til later...
God will not be pleased...
(chorus)
Hey mama hey mama lookee what your little babies all have become...
Rome is cooking
My, we're looking smug
- Steve Taylor, Squint (1993)
Ah, another fine gem by one Mr. Steve Taylor. This is off his final studio album (so far). I hope he does find it necessary to release another CD sometime.Shawn
posted by Shawn White | 8/28/2006 07:05:00 AM
3 Comments:
Ouch! That one makes you think, doesn't it? Kinda speaks to what Josh is talking about on his blog today as to how we should be as a Christian family. The church as described in this song, is not a family I'd want to be a part of, but I'm afraid and ashamed that the church comes off this way at times.
I've never heard this song or heard Steve Taylor. Is this someone new on the scene or has he been around awhile?
Steve is a bit of an outcast from the Christian music scene unfortunately. He was around in the 80's and early 90's. The industry pushed him out of the business because he wrote songs similar to this one and they didn't feel it was "good for business". He discovered Sixpence None the Richer and a couple of other popular bands. He got into making music videos because his background was in film anyway (I believe that is what his major was in). He's done videos for the Newsboys, Rich Mullins, Sixpence, and several other groups.
He just directed his first major motion picture this past year that he also wrote. It starred Michael W. Smith in his acting debut and the movie is called Second Chance. Great movie - Tom has borrowed our copy of the DVD. We have been working on trying to find a place to watch it and invite several people from Canyon over to watch it. Don't know when we are going to get that setup - I probably need to start hitting up people as volunteers.
You can find out more about Steve's work here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Taylor
Shawn
Very interesting! We do love to "devour our own" don't we? Especially if they happen to be pointing out that the Emperor has no clothes. : )
I've heard of that movie, but haven't seen it. A group viewing would be fun.
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