i met this girl with the holy ghost,
she turned me on to the clash.

those of you who know me well, have heard me mention a band called the vigilantes of love. the band is basically one guy from atlanta georgia who never has money to record his music, but some how ends up cranking out amazing record after amazing record (for his last album, he asked his fans to pre-order the cd so he can afford to go into the studio). he's one of those rare/great "christian" musicians, even though his cds have been tossed out of the "christian" book stores a few times. i got one of the newer albums from my brother this summer. here are the lyrics from one of the songs that are on repeat in my head.

kidz on drugz (or life)

i dunno if the kid's on drugs or life
why should that come as a shock
life hasn't fallen out just quite
in those neat suburban boxes

and i wonder about the conversations that you're having
you know the ones with yourself
where you feel like a failure yeah and you're losing heart
and that race has barely gotten started
and you wanna ask God about things like cancer
but you don't think that you'll get much of an answer
i hope you will find and i pray you will see
all the joy that your life brings to me

and the baggage that we all carry around
has this way of dragging you down

and there is no map for this growing up
it's just a street through a town called weird
and you never do feel like you'll arrive
with a destination so unclear
ah but i met this girl with the Holy Ghost
hey she turned me onto the Clash
we made love all night long to Love Tractor and Pylon
but in the morning we played Johnny Cash

and it really shouldn't be so hard
to get yourself free
but with all these lines in the sand and love with its strings
God fear is such a funny thing
I dunno if the kid's on drugs or life
maybe it's a little of both
i know love has this way of holding the day
like that girl with the Holy Ghost

/dr.

ps. you should check this band out. and if i've already got you to check them out and you didn't like them the first time, check em' out again. :)