ApologetiX- Song Lyrics: Eight Ways to Be

Chart History
From the album Beatles for Sale (U.K.)/Beatles '65 (U.S.), Eight Days a Week was a #1 Pop hit for The Beatles in 1965.

Songwriter:
John Lennon & Paul McCartney

J's Journal:
This is a song about the Beatitudes by a group with a similar name. This was one of the first songs we played live as ApologetiX. I'm pretty sure it was in our set list for our first concert ever (in March 1992), and I know it was on our very first cassette,"Get Your Wigs" (a live recording from June 1992), although I tweaked the lyrics a little for "Apol-acoustiX." When i first started writing Christian parodies and realized the potential they had for instructional purposes, I quickly started thinking of all the lists from the Bible that I wanted to memorize, and of course, the Beatitudes was one of the first that came to mind. Once I had the hook line "eight ways to be," it was obvious where to go with the song. Karl fondly remembered this song from our early days and was as eager as I to include it on "Apol-acoustiX."

Stats:
Genre: Oldies
Length: 2:46

Eight Ways to Be
Parody of "Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles
(Matthew 5:2-12)

You might need to know babe, Chapter 5 Matthew
Helps you see my Lord’s eight blest Beatitudes
Holy, happy, holy, happy
There’s eight God wants ya to know, babe, eight ways to be
Blessed are the humble, blest are those who mourn
Blessed are the gentle of meek and lowly form
They’ll be happy, you’ll be happy
There’s eight God wants ya to know, babe, eight ways to be
Eight ways to be in Matthew
Eight ways to be in Matthew 5:2 go right there
Blessed are the thirsty for righteousness and truth
Blest are those with mercy -- they’ll get Christ’s mercy too
Ohhh, they’ll be happy, you’ll be happy
There’s eight God wants us to know, babe, eight ways to be
Eight ways to be in Matthew
Eight ways to be -- that’s why they’re called Beatitudes
Blest are the pure of heart and those who peace to make
Blest are those who suffer for righteousness’ sake
Holy, happy, holy, happy
And eight is plenty enough, babe
Eight ways to be, eight ways to be, eight ways to be

Matthew 5:11
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."