How dare you wear a robe to preside
How dare you cover your head to hide
Your face from God
How dare you smile from behind your beard
To hide the fact that you're heart's afeared.
And wave your rod
How dare you be the one to assess
Me, in this God-forsaken mess
You, a man in a purple dress
A man in a purple dress.
You are all the same
Gilded and absurd
Regal, fast to blame
Rulers by lost word
Men above men, or prats
With your high hats
You priest, you mullah so high
You pope, you wise rabbi
You're invisible to me
Like vapor from the sea
How dare you? Do you think I'll quietly go?
You are much braver than you know
For I can't die
Your staff, your stick, your special cap
They'll protect in hell? What crap!
Believe the lie
How dare you be the one to assess
Me, in this God-forsaken mess
You, a man in a purple dress
A man in a purple dress
When you place your frown
Between my God and prayer
However grand your crown
Or dignified your hair
Men above men, or prats
In your high hats
You priest, you mullah so high
You pope, you wise rabbi
You are invisible to me
Like vapor from the sea.
I lovingly mock you noble lords
We all dress up to grant awards
I do that as well
I dare condemn your fashion sense
At least you're not astride a fence
That would not sell
But I will deliver this address
Your soul's condition don't impress
You, a man in a purple dress
A man in a purple dress.
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3 comments:
I have nothing to say accept" I don't get it". I must not be hip
The man in the purple dress is a priest. Also, this is a recent song by Pete Townshend of The Who. I just thought it was appropriate to the discussion about the Catholic church, and that Pete had an interesting take on it. He suffered child abuse and maybe it was by a priest. But it also contains a message about being judgmental and wearing funny religious clothes (like these guys never wore funny clothes).
I tried to comment on your site and also on the forum and haven't seen either one. By the way, you're hip: you just forgot. What is hipper than believing the Truth who came in flesh? Thanks, man.
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