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From the album Electric Larryland,
Pepper was a
#1 hit for Buttonhole Surfers in 1996.
Songwriter:
Jeffrey Coffey, Gibby Haynes & Paul Walthall
J's Journal:
As famous apologist Josh McDowell says, "Who would die for a lie?" If Jesus didn't really rise from the dead, why would His followers bother to fake it? What did they stand to gain from that? There was no prestige, fame or fortune attached to being a Christian in the First Century. Yet, from what we understand from church history, aside from Judas (who hung himself) and John (who did suffer imprisonment), all of the other 12 Apostles (and the later Apostles Matthias, Paul, and Jesus' half brother James) died as martyrs.
Former ApologetiX drummer Bob Flaherty resurrected this song. I had it half done, but the research it was taking (in the days before Google) was so time-consuming, and then I had to make it rhyme! Bob said, "Dude, you HAVE to finish that song!" I also owe a great debt to a book called "The Search for the Twelve Apostles” by William Steuart McBirnie, Ph.D.
Stats:
Genre: Grunge
Length: 3:29
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Parody of "Pepper" by Buttonhole Surfers
(Revelation 6:9-11, Matthew 5:10, 24:9)
James was caught by Herod, Herod captured Peter
They were sharin' Herod's outbreak of attacks upon believers
James would have to face the sword and Peter would escape it
They were not afraid of dyin'; they both knew that they could take it
Thomas preached in Babylon and India they claim
Then the local folks impaled him with a lance while he was prayin'
They were all about to die but they weren't thinking much about it
And their story didn't have a chance but none of 'em were doubters
Why oh why would someone die if it was just a hoax?
Why then take the awful risk to tell us Jesus rose?
Simple men from Galilee would not have spoken lies
To get enrolled in history books as martyrs for Jesus Christ
Simon died along with Jude from arrows, spears or crosses
Someone gave Bartholomew a skin-removal process
Some of them were stoned alive like James the son of Alphaeus
And their stories are the evidence that none of them were doubters
Why oh why would someone die if it was just a hoax?
Why then take the awful risk to tell us Jesus rose?
Simple men like you and me would not have spoken lies
To get well known in all the books as martyrs for Jesus Christ
A lot of guys were crucified for calling Him Messiah
Philip was and Andrew was and possibly Matthias
Peter's was a most unpleasant death for being Christian
They would turn him upside down and then go through with crucifixion
Paul he was beheaded prob'ly Matthew did the same
Well, they threw off of the temple top the other guy named James
They were all about to die but they weren't thinking much about it
There's a gorey bunch of evidence that none of them were doubters
©1997 Parodudes Music, Inc.
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