ApologetiX Lyrics for Bethlehemian Rhapsody

 

Is this a real guy? Is he just fantasy?
'Cause of his grand size, no one's safe from fatality
Open your eyes, look up at Goliath, and see:
GOLIATH
I’m dressed for war, boys. I need no infantry
Because I'll meet the one you propose
Israelites, pick my foe
Anyway, I'll win, so it doesn’t really matter to me
DAVID
Mama, there's still no man who can come against this threat
You might figure now we're dead
Mama, Goliath is testing us
And know he's gonna know they’re all afraid
Mama, ooh ooh ooh, he's a mean and crazy guy
He'll come right back again this time tomorrow
Scaring us, scaring us -- cause he wants to meet in battle
Hooray! My time has come
Been a shepherd all my life -- but I'm taking on this giant
Goodbye, everybody -- but not for long
God will lead me all the while I face this brute
C'mon! Ooh ooh ooh!
(David you’re a wimp though) I'm not gonna die
The One who wins my battles is Lord of all
GOLIATH
I see a little silly shepherd — not a man
What are you tryin' to prove? You’ll be chewed up and mangled!
Send a boy to fight me? Very, very tiny flea!
DAVID
Gol-la-liath! Gol-la-liath! Gonna die you big galoot!
I'll kick your butt!
I trust the Lord but nobody trusts me
CROWD
He trusts the Lord, but suffers from insanity
Daring to fight 'gainst this monstrosity
DAVID
Evil comes, evil goes -- You will get deposed
GOLIATH
I will not, no! I will not get deposed
DAVID
Yes, you will (Repeat)
Your head will roll
GOLIATH
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
Come-to-me-a! Come-to-me-a! Let the eagles pick your bones
Beelzebub and his devils gonna fight for me for me for me
DAVID
So you think you can scorn me and spit at my tribe?
So you think you’re above me just based on your size?
Oh, baby ... you ain't just duelin' David
You're gonna get it now -- cause God'll win my battle here
CROWD
Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
DAVID
Guys I’m really flattered — yet it wasn’t me
God wins every battle — God wins every battle for me
VOICE
David will be king soon


Alternate Lyrics from Radical History Tour

With the Israelites, First Samuel 17
Saul and his men cried, “No escape from the Philistines”
Up came Goliath; a hundred feet high, it seemed
Goliath: “I’ll end this war, boys. Send one to fight with me
‘Cause it’s an easy way we can tell -- I defy Israel
Anyone you wish, boys, doesn’t really matter to me."
Narrator: Goliath was quite a man. There were none who could compare
No one bigger anywhere
Goliath was a champion ... and everyone who saw him was afraid
No-one — ooh stood a chance against the guy
If he came back again this time tomorrow -- 41, 41 days that he’s come up for battle
Little Dave, said, “I’m the one. Just a shepherd with a sling, but I’ll step into the ring."
“Good try, little buddy,” King Saul replied
“But we need someone real big to face this brute.”
“C’mon, ooooh” (David said to King Saul) “I ain’t gonna die
“This uncircumcised Philistine’s gonna fall.”
Goliath: I see a little bitty shepherd — not a man. Are you fools? Are you fools?
You’re just fueling my anger! Am I just a dog, you come at me with rocks and sticks?
David: Gol-la-liath! Gol-la-liath! Gol-la-liath! Here with go
With sticks and stooooooones! I trust the Lord but nobody trusts me
Crowd: He’s trusts the Lord, but spends his time tending sheep
Facing a giant with a stone and a sling
David: Evil man, you must go! God will strike you down
Goliath: He will not, no. He will not strike me down
David: Yes, He will
Goliath: He will not — will not strike me down
David: Yes, He will, etc. etc.
Goliath: Come-a-here, come-a-here ! Come-a-here, little boy
I’ll give your flesh to the birds of the sky to eat, to eat, to eat
David: So you think you can mock the invisible God?
So you think you’re just fighting a sling and a shot
Oh, baby, you ain’t just fighting David
You’re fighting God, and He’ll knock you right out of here
Doesn’t really matter ... what your size might be
God will fight my battles -- God will win my battles for me
Voice of Experience: David will be king soon