Had a long plane trip this past weekend (L.A. to NYC roundtrip,) so decided to write this piece. Hope you have the patience to read it. I enjoyed putting it together!
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"It's The Truth!"
I found them one day on my porch
Speaking words from the Bible, their buddy
These persuasive words lit a torch
It was then I agreed to a study
Just how should I feel? Were they for real?
Or just drunk on gin and vermouth?
Figured it was their dime, I’ll give it some time
And find out if this was “The Truth”
And so I embraced this endeavor
Many things I’d believed ripped to pieces
They told me I could live forever
Yes a world where life never ceases
There were dates they had found; it all seemed quite sound
Were they prophets or sayers of sooth?
Vengeance is mine; a composite sign
I think this just might be “The Truth”
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
What better pursuit?
It’s God’s only truth, so they say
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
If it’s not just a ruse
I’ll get baptized the very next day!
To the Hall of the Kingdom I skate
Watchtower with pre-printed questions
Answers there in the text, this is great!
Present truth; these aren’t just suggestions
There were more magazines with paradise scenes
Old ones going back to their youth
They said, “It’s God’s Word,” so I followed the herd
I guess they’re all right, it’s “The Truth!”
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Let’s be resolute
Tho the Truth changes from day to day
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Tho it might not compute
We’ll call it “The Truth” anyway!
Meanwhile Brooklyn’s Governing Body
Found mistakes in all of their dating
Foundational claims were all shoddy
The tension was now elevating
Dear God in Heaven, there’s no six-oh-seven?
Nineteen fourteen now gone in a poof!
Said Knorr in his tow’r, “We’ll lose all our pow’r
To our story we’ll stick, it’s “The Truth!””
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Let’s be resolute
Tho the Truth changes from day to day
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Tho it might not compute
We’ll call it “The Truth” anyway!
There were teachings on hell, soul and trinity
There was preaching to do door-to-door
You’ll live right up to infinity
If you put in more hours, so do more!
We’re right at the brink; don’t take time to think
It’s best to be “Steadfast Like Ruth”
“Don’t give way to doubts,” the Society spouts
Let’s all just believe it’s “The Truth!”
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Let’s be resolute
Tho the Truth changes from day to day
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Tho it might not compute
We’ll call it “The Truth” anyway!
Something shocking to fathers and mothers
Barb Anderson saw secret files
Mixed in with the sisters and brothers
Tens of thousands of sick pedophiles
Protect human dirt, instead blame the hurt
With millions more kids to molest
Had I been a fool? A two-witness rule
Guess the Watchtower always knows best
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Don’t give them the boot
Find reasons for letting them stay
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Those governing coots
They like to let pervs get away!
There once was a strict rule on blood
Transfusions, oh no, not a lick
Till the press started slinging some mud
And now for a magical trick!
Seems Bethel took actions, now we can take fractions
Yes fractions until we turn puce
Whole blood is the pits, so take it in bits
Just not all at once, it’s “The Truth!”
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
It is absolute
So many are dead in the grave
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
The dead are now mute
"The Truth" from the Faithful Wise Slave!
For years the U.N. they would dub
Image of the evil Wild Beast
Up against this bad Beast they did rub
Till they were found out, what a feast!
Full fledged N.G.O, the horns they did blow
How could they be so uncouth!
A library card? To swallow was hard
But worry not, friends, this is “The Truth!”
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Let’s be resolute
Tho the Truth changes from day to day
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Tho it might not compute
We’ll call it “The Truth” anyway!
Russell wrote ‘Beware org’nization’
Let’s keep things open and free
But the Judge liked to call down damnation
And list rules as tall as a tree
Listen to me, or dee-effed you will be
In our group you should find Social Proof
Your conscience we’ll bind, you can’t change your mind
We’ll shun you right fast; it’s “The Truth!”
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Let’s be resolute
Tho the Truth changes from day to day
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Tho it might not compute
We’ll call it “The Truth” anyway!
Mental programming and Group Dynamics
Are effective but often cause stressing
So many Jay-Dub alcoholics
Deep down find their lives so depressing
Keep your noses to grinders and put on your blinders
Drink a fifth of cold Absolut
If you’re badly blue, the fault is with you
It has to be, this is “The Truth!”
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Let’s drink to the Truth
Our lives filling up with dismay
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Time to break out the hootch
We need to get numb right away!
Ray Franz had a Crisis of Conscience
Decided to lay down his cards
But the boys did express their abhorrence
“Evil Slave” and “apostate” they charged!
“Deep research” is taboo; they’ll label you too
Just ask Brother Carl Olof Jonsson
“Keep Your Eyes on the Prize”; accept all our lies
Or we’ll shun you from Spain to Wisconsin!
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Let’s be resolute
Tho the Truth changes from day to day
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Tho it might not compute
We’ll call it “The Truth” anyway!
They don’t like us going to college
Lest Satan’s world should us seduce
It is only now that I acknowledge
It’s to keep us real dumb and obtuse
Keep dusting and sweeping, stay in our safekeeping
From birth till you’re long in the tooth
Don’t plan to retire; the end will transpire
Armageddon will come, it’s “The Truth!”
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Let’s be resolute
Tho the Truth changes from day to day
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
Tho it might not compute
We’ll call it “The Truth” anyway!
I bid every Jay-Double-You
To give yourself full permission
To conduct a thorough review
Of the facts and your mental condition
If you keep dismissing, you’re cognitive dissing
Inspect things as if you’re a sleuth
Research all the data from alpha to beta
There’s no doubt you’ll find the real truth!
It’s the Truth, it’s the Truth!
It was never the Truth
Indoctrinat-ed were our minds
Not the Truth, not the Truth!
So for you we will root
That a good life you one day will find!
-Confession