Squirrel+got+Loose

Between the Trees

Well when I was kid I'd take a trip

every summer,

down to Mississippi.

To visit my granny //in her ante-bellum// world.

run barefooted all day long,

climbing trees free as a song.

One day I happened catch myself a squirrel.

I stuffed him down //in an old shoebox//,

punched a couple holes //in the top// and when Sunday came,

I snuck him //into church//.

I was sittin way back __in the very last pew__

showin him to my good buddy Hugh,

when that squirrel got loose

and went totally berserk!

Well what happened next is hard to tell.

Some thought it was heaven others thought it was hell.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">But the fact that something was __among us__

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">was plain to see.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">As the choir sang I Surrender All

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">the squirrel //ran up Harv Newlan's coveralls//

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Harv leaped to his feet and said,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">"Somethin's got a hold on me!"

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">YEOW

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">The day the squirrel went berserk.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">In the First Self-Righteous Church <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Of that sleepy little town of Pascagoula.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">It was a fight for survival,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">that broke out in revival.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">They were jumpin pews and shouting Halelujah!

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Well Harv hit the isles dancin and screamin

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">some thought he had religion

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">others thought he had a demon

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Harv thought he had a weed eater loose

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">//in his fruit of the looms//.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">He fell to his knees to plead and beg,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">and that squirrel //ran out of his britches leg//,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">unobserved to the other side of the room.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">All the way down to the Amen pew

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">where sat Sister Bertha better than you

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Who had been watching all the commotion

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">with sadistic glee.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">You should've seen the look //in her eyes//

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">when that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">she jumped to her feet and said,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">"Lord have mercy on me!"

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">As the squirrel made laps //inside her dress//,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">she began to cry and then to confess

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">to sins that would make a sailor blush with shame.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">She told of gossip and church disention,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">but the thing that got the most attention

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">is when she talked about her love life

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">then she started naming names!

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">The day the squirrel went berserk.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">In the First Self-Righteous Church <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Of that sleepy little town of Pascagoula.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">It was a fight for survival,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">that broke out in revival.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">They were jumpin pews and shouting Halelujah!

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Well seven deacons and the pastor got saved

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">and 25,000 dollars got raised.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">And 50 volunteered for missions //in the Congo//

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">on the spot.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">and even without an invitaion

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">there were at least 500 rededications.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">And we ALL got rebaptised whether we needed it or not.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Well you've heard the Bible stories I guess

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">of how he parted the waters for Moses to pass.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">All the miracles God has brought to this l' world.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">But the one I'll remember to my dyin day

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">is how he put that church back on the narrow way

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">with a half crazed Mississippi Squirrel

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">The day the squirrel went berserk.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">In the First Self-Righteous Church <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">Of that sleepy little town of Pascagoula.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">It was a fight for survival,

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">that broke out in revival.

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 30px; text-align: center;">They were jumpin pews and shouting Halelujah!