The Devil once said
To his demons below
Our work is progressing
Entirely too slow
The holiness people
Stand in our way
Since they don't believe
In the show or the play.
They teach that the carnival
Circus and dance
The tavern and honky-tonk
With games of chance
Drinking and smoking
These things are all wrong
That the righteous don't mix
With the unrighteous throng
They're quick to condemn
Everything that we do
To cause unbelievers
To be not a few
They claim that these things
Are all of the devil
Yahweh's Followers live
On a much higher level
Now fellows, their theology
While perfectly true
Is blocking the work
We are trying to do
We'll have to get busy
And figure a plan
That'll change they're standards
As fast as we can
Now I have a vision
Of what we can do
Hearken I'll tell
This deception to you
Then find me a wise
But degenerate man
Whom I can use
To help work out this plan.
There's nothing so real
As the thing you can see
The eyes and the mind
And the heart will agree
So what can be better
Than an object to view
I say it will work
And convince not a few
The home is the place
For this sinful device
The people deceived
Will think it quite nice
The world will possess it
Most people can't tell
That it's all of the devil
And was plotted in hell
Well sell them with pictures
Of the latest news
And while they're still looking
Well advertise booze
At the soul damning cigarette
Also they'll look
Till they totally forget
What Yahweh said in his book
At first it will shock them
They'll seem in a haze
But soon they'll be hardened
And continue to gaze
We'll give them the gospel
That isn't too strong
And a few sacred songs
To string them along
They'll take in the ads
With the latest of fashions
And soon watch the shows
That stir evil passions
Murder and love making
Scenes they'll behold
Until in their souls
They're bitterly cold
The old family alter
Which once held such charm
Will soon lose it's place
Without much alarm
Praying in secret
Will also be lost
As they look at the screen
Without counting the cost
The compromise teachers
Who don't take their stand
Will embrace this new vision
And think it is grand
They'll help fool the people
And cause them to sin
By seeking this evil
And taking it in.
Influence is great
And this you can see
Just look at my fall
And you'll have to agree
It won't take too long
My demons to tell
That the vision of Satan
Will populate hell
Divorced will increase
Sex crimes will abound
Much innocent blood
Will be spilled on the ground
The home will be damned
In short order I say
When this vision of mine
Comes in to stay
Get busy my cohorts
And put this thing out
Well see if the Church
Can continue to shout
The holiness people
Who stand in our way
Will soon hush their crying
Against show and play
Well cover the earth
With this devil vision
Though well camouflage it
With the name television.
-Unknown