The Song of The King

On March 9, 10, and 11 in 1995 I sang the Song of the King at a Benefit Show for Blessed Sacrament in Madison, WI. It was my New Song (see Psalm 40) and I never had more fun in my whole Life (not counting my Honeymoons or bungee jumping!! Now, since they are so impressionable, my 4 precious children are Elvis Fans - but it was a small price to pay for the performance of a Lifetime!

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Adapted from Genesis Chapter 41

From Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

BEGINS WITH THE BOB-SHU-WA-DA-WA-DA THING AND A LOT OF ARM SWINGING WITH A CAST OF DOZENS (in front of an audience in the dozens too! ) Well, I was wandering along by the banks of the river when seven fat cows come out of the Nile, oh, yeah. Uh Huh.. And right behind them fine healthy animals came seven other cows that were skinny and vile, oh, yeah. Uh Huh.. And then the thin cows ate the fat cows which I thought would do 'em good, oh, yeah. Uh Huh Huh.. But it didn't make 'em fatter like I thought a monster supper should. Because the thin cows were as thin as they had ever, ever, ever been. Well, this dream has got me baffled, hey, Joseph, won't you tell me what it means.

THE FOLLOWING SECTION NOT PERFORMED - Cut at the Last Second! Come on you know that Kings ain't stupid, but I don't have a clue, so don't cha' be cru-el, Joseph, You gotta help me now I beg of you! Ad Libs: ( Let me tell you it ain't easy being Pharoah... I got the weight of the kingdom on my shoulders... I gotta get back down on the prairie... If you're going to release me from this dream....... So, baby, hang in there..... you ain't heard nothing yet! ) I was standing, doing nothing, in a field out of town, I saw seven beautiful ears of corn, oh, baby. They were ripe, they were golden, but you've guessed it, right behind them there were seven other ears that were tattered and torn, uh, huh. Well the bad corn ate the good corn, man, they came up right behind, yes they did, Oh but Joseph, here's the punch line, and I think its gonna blow your mind, because the bad corn was as bad as they had ever, ever, ever been.

PERFORMANCE RESUMED WITH THE FOLLOWING ENDING with Wild Swinging Arm Motions, Karate Kicks, "Elvis Pelvis" movements, etc. Well, this dream has got me all shook up, hey Joseph can you tell me what it means? {FULL STOP} {RESUME SLOWLY with FLOURISH} Hey, hey, hey, hey Joseph, won't you tell me, won't you tell poor old Pharoah, what this crazy dream means.