Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Festival Of Life

In Australia, we have a musician/comedian named Kevin Boody Wilson. And he wrote the following song:

The Festival of Life by Kevin Bloody Wilson

Ah, the Festival of Life is 'in' to save my fuckin' soul
They don't want me drinkin' piss or screwin' round no more
But they've got fuckin' Buckley's chance I'm giving you the score
Still the Festival of Life keeps tryin' to save my fuckin' soul
It's Saturday afternoon at last, it's what you've waited for all week
Relax and put the feet up, turn the footy on TV
You're expecting Vern and Bluey round, they'll probably stay all night
A coupla mates and a coupla beers - aw, Christ, this is the life
Well, here they are already, you just heard the car door slam
You wedge yourself out of your chair, get up to let 'em in
But it's some wanker that you've never met, with a briefcase in his hand
Some prick just out of Bible school, who thinks he's God's right hand

Halleluiah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Chorus

Ah, the Festival of life keeps tryin' to save my fuckin' soul
They don't want me drinkin' piss or screwin' round no more
But they've got fuckin' Buckley's chance I'm giving you the score
Still the Festival of Life keeps tryin' to save my fuckin' soul
'I'm Elder Robbins 'n' he's Elder Pike 'n' we'd like to talk to y'all
'Bout eternal salvation, won't take but a minute or more
We got a book we think y'aII should read, 'bout how y'all should live
My, what a charmin' home y'all have - y'all mind it we come in?'
'Well, I'd love t'invite yer in yer know, but the joint's a fuckin' mess
And there's an orgy ragin' in the lounge, and every cunt's undressed!
And I'd love yer to meet the missus, Shirl, but she's a bit crook in bed
She says she's got a real sore throat through givin' too much head!'

Gobblegobble, gobblegobble, gobblegobble


Repeat Chorus

All snuggled up on Sunday mornin' and you wake up with a horn
You grab the missus on the arse, oh, Christ she feels so warm
The scene is set, the mood's just right, you're about to slip it in
Then - (knock knock, knock) - there's that fuckin' door again!

'Good morning, sir, did I get you up?
Sorry, I'm David and this is Pam
We're missionaries who've come to talk of Man's eternal plan
And to discuss the holy future and reflect the holy past.'
So you flash your dick and scream 'I'll holy shove this up your arse!'

Up your arsehole, up your arsehole, up your arsehole

Repeat Chorus

Well it's not like it's just once or twice, it's every damn weekend
Now how d'ya think they'd like it if we done the same to them?
You know, turn up on their doorstep at a time they least expect
Try and ram our way of life down their fuckin' necks!
Just imagine for a minute the reception that you'd get
With a couple of stick books in your hand and a carton on the steps
And your missus chewin' chewin' gum in a really low-cut dress
And you in thongs and overalls-you know, your fuckin' Sunday best!

What a yobbo, what a yobbo, what a yobbo

Repeat Chorus

Gidday, we're pissed-up testecostacals, I'm Kevin and this is Shirl
We've come to introduce you cunts to a whole new fuckin' world
We've come to preach the good news, we think it's what you need to hear
We'll show you more fun in five minutes than you've had all fuckin' year!
Now You, sweetheart, you come with me and I'll teach you how to sin
And Sister Shirl, old sort, 'll suck your sav until your 'ead caves in~
Aw shit, your missus just fainted, so we won't bother comin' in
We'll just piss off back to our place-just drop ten bucks in the tin

'Nother carton, 'nother carton, 'nother carton

Repeat Chorus Twice

6 comments:

  1. GLOSSARY (for the non-australian reader)

    drinkin piss = drinking alcohol
    screwin round = having multiple sex partners
    Buckleys chance = no chance
    footy = football
    Vern and Bluey = traditional australian (male) names
    wanker = A british term for "one who masterbates". Commonly used as an insult
    prick = common insult
    cunt = in this case it means person
    Missus = from Mrs, wife, girlfriend, significant other
    giving too much head = in this case 'head' is a euphimism for oral sex
    horn = erection
    carton = case of beer
    thongs = flip flops
    yobbo = australian redneck
    suck your sav = perform oral sex (sav as in sausage)

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  2. Ha ha ha! I love it! And I actually figured out most of it without the translation (but it was amusing to read none the less). I'm just picturing this in Utah and I'm pretty sure some of our neighbors wouldn't be surprised if we did this now that we are "evil apostates". It would be fun to try, that's for sure.

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  3. Glad you liked (I just wrote a long reply explaining the reason for the songs sudden appearance- it was written in the early 80's I think)but Blogger lost it :( You'll just have to trust me ;)
    Also glad you didn't need the translation, although I am now looking at you virtually with raised eyebrow ;)
    If you wanted to be subtle, you could put a poster in the window, with the song title and author on it, and let the nosy neighbours google it!

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  4. Thanks for the laughs. It is interesting to view life differently compared to when I used be one of those missionaries knocking on people's doors. No need to push a religious viewpoint onto unsuspecting people anymore. Yay.

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  5. Little late to the party here... I love Kevin Bloody Wilson!!! Except for the time I accidentally blasted his Santa Claus song throughout the family home as a kid!

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  6. Yay! I have tickets to see him on tour next month! Yay!

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