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John the Revelator put him in an elevator

 Take him up to the highest high

 Take him up to the top where the mountains stop

Let him tell his book of lies

John the Revelator he’s a smooth operator

 It’s time we cut him down to size

Take him by the hand and put him on the stand

Let us hear his alibis

 By claiming God as his only right

 He's stealing a god from the Israelites

Stealing a god from a Muslim, too

There is only one god through and through

Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again

Seven angels with seven trumpets

 Send them home on the morning train

 Well who’s that shouting? John the Revelator!

All he ever gives us is pain

 Well who’s that shouting? John the Revelator!

He should bow his head in shame

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