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It Must Be a Deity

from Weekend Filker by Gary "MoFilker" Hanak

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If you don't offend somebody during the course of your filking, you aren't doing your job. Thanks to the Kansas State Board of Education. Where would we be without them? Aside from scientifically literate, of course...

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It Must Be a Deity
Gary Hanak 08/2006
Key: C to D to E


(TUNE...Simple Gifts...)
'Tis a gift to be simple, and so when I see
A bright flash of light blow the shit out of a tree
The last thing I think of is electricity
'Cause if I can't understand it, it must be a deity

Thor, Zeus, Jupiter, or someone more obscure
But that it's some divinity, of that I am quite sure
Some may talk of reason but one thing makes sense to me
If I can't understand it, it must be a deity.

(TUNE...Amazing Grace...)
Some heretics have dared to state
We circle 'round the Sun
And that the world is older than
The Good Book says it begun

They gather facts, they offer proofs
And pit Faith against Theory
And cast doubt on those beliefs I've held
Since before I was three

So what should I believe, I ask
The answer is plain to see
If I can't understand it,
It must be a deity

(TUNE original tune )
Genetics, evolution, spans of time I cannot grasp
On the opportunity to learn such, we should pass
Mortals are we, it's not right, it should be plain to see
We should not aspire to be like divinities
___

Evolution seems absurd--it's all planned, that's plain to see
Stem cell research should be banned, so don't spout facts at me
Contraception is a sin, it says so on page three
Every sperm is sacred, every egg someone should be

(...instrumental...)

All life's answers are in one book, though which one not all agree
But it's not one based on science, and not on technology
Be it paleo-, neuro-, bio-, geo-, or archaeology
I can't understand them, they all sound like Greek to me
___

If I can't understand it (4X)
If I can't understand it, lightning, physics, or genetics
Be it mysteries or magics, doesn't matter what the facts is
If I can't understand it (2X)
If I can't understand it, it must be a deity...
A deity...
Deity...

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from Weekend Filker, track released August 1, 2006
All vocals and instrumentation by Gary "MoFilker" Hanak

Portions of this song are parodied under the Fair Use provisions of
17 U.S. Code § 107. The original owners of the music retain all
rights. No challenge to copyright is intended, nor should any such
challenge be construed.

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Gary "MoFilker" Hanak St. Louis, Missouri

Old person. Sings and plays guitar, piano, bass, accordion, and programs drums, sorta

Writes originals and parodies.
Currently there are four albums out there, with two more as a gleam in the eye.

Filk Hall of Fame awardee, winner of a Pegasus, and an invited music guest in St Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, and Columbus. So far.

And, plays around St Louis in the live music scene. ... more

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