Plastic Jesus lyrics collected
John Lupien
responses. None are complete, and some of them requested that
I should post the results. I have taken the verses provided, and
put them together. Some replication resulted, but for the sake of
completeness, here they are. The comments provided follow.
If anyone has more, or a more "canonical version", please send it
along.
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I don't care if it rains or freezes,
Long as I got my Plastic Jesus,
Glued to the dashboard of my car
I'm gonna buy me a sweet Madonna,
Dressed in rhinestones, sittin' on a
Pedestal of abalone shell
Standin there all pink and pleasant,
glows in the dark 'cause it's irridescent,
Take it with me when I travel far
Goin' ninety won't be weary (?)
Long as I got my Virgin Mary,
Assuring I won't go to hell
Oh,
I don't care if it rains
or freezes,
Long as I've got my
Plastic Jesus,
Ridin' on the dashboard of my car.
I can go a hundred miles
per hour
'long as I've got that
almighty power
I don't care if it rains or freezes
'Long as I've got my plastic Jesus,
Ridin' on the dashboard of my car.
I can go a hundred miles an hour
'Long as I've got that almighty power
Glued up there by my pair of fuzzy dice.
You can buy him phosphorescent,
Glows in the dark, he's pink and pleasant,
Take him with you when you're travelling far.
Going 90 I'm not wary,
'Cause I've got my Virgin Mary
Guaranteeing I won't go to hell.
Oh,
I don't care if it rains
or freezes,
Long as I've got my
Plastic Jesus,
Ridin' on the dashboard of my car.
I can go a hundred miles
per hour
'long as I've got that
almighty power
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I first heard the "Plastic Jesus" song in the movie "Cool Hand Luke". Since
then, I have tried to find out what lines I could, what I have follows:
These are the lines I'm pretty sure about. I've been "obsessed" with the
song for so long that some of my own versions have developed, but I think those
are best left unspoken.
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Another one of my fav. demented songs about religion was
"Would Jesus wear a Rolex, on his Tele-Vision show"
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Close. The "Don Imus" version is available on his (now out-of-print)
album "One Sacred Chicken To Go," and it goes like this:
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Oopsie. I started to write my reply and then decided to post it instead, and
tried to break out and failed. I hate VMS mailer. Then I got called away and
never posted it. Here's the other verses I know:
I've heard this as part of a *hysterical radio sketch from the 50's; it's an ad
from the Pink And Pleasant Plastic Icon Company of Del Rio, Texas Hallelujah.
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Thanks to all!
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John R. Lupien
lup...@hpwarq.hp.com