JC SUPERSTAR PARODY-SONG #5

THESE BEATLES MUST DIE (This Jesus Must Die)

(Meeting of 1960's conservative Bible belt Radio Station Execs)

EXEC #1:

I think you know why I have called for you
This Beatle band has reached its Waterloo

EXEC #2

Good gentlemen, there's controversy here
The sponsors wish for it to disappear

THE SPONSORS:

This mania, Beatles cause This mania, Beatles cause

PRIEST:

Have you seen this quote from that awful John Lennon man?
He claimed that our Lord Jesus, he was much bigger than!

ALL:

This is outrageous!

THE SPONSORS:

Jesus Christ, John Lennon
Told us that he was much bigger than....

ALL:

This is outrageous!

SPONSOR ONE:

The man said some things that about a drug called L.S.D.

SPONSOR TWO:

Next thing you know, they'll be promoting love that's free!

ALL:

They are dangerous!

THE SPONSORS:

Ringo, George, Paul and John!

ALL:

They are dangerous!

SPONSOR ONE:

The radio, must stop playing their songs!

SPONSOR TWO:

Their hold on teens, has gotten much too strong!

EXEC #1:

No wait! We need a movement worthy of our faith and religion......

EXEC #2:

What then to do about Lennon of Liverpool?
Popular songwriter, hero of teens?

EXEC #1:

McCartney and Starkey, George Harrison, also

PRIEST:
One thing I'll say is they look good in jeans

EXEC #2:
We must not let bands make moral choices
Our grip on this nation, we'll lose our control

SPONSOR ONE:

But how can we stop them, their power increases
They must be a danger, they play Rock and Roll

EXEC #1:

I see songs so surprising, for soon Sergeant Pepper
Will be what they plan
I see anti-war protest, and hippies and Woodstock
Because of this band
Pot-smoking Hippies, because of this band

ALL:

Because, because, because of this band

EXEC #1:

It's sweeping the nation, because of this band

ALL:

Because, because, because of this, cause of this, cause of this band

SPONSOR ONE:

What then to do about this Beatlemania?

SPONSOR TWO:

How do we deal with the music today?

PRIEST:

Where do we start with this John and his cohorts?
They spoke the name Jesus and now they must pay!

EXEC #1:

Tools of public perception!
We'll burn all their records, the six o'clock news
Send them back to their England
We'll hear no more from them, these Beatles will die
We'll burn all their albums, these Beatles will die

ALL:

We'll fry, we'll fry and Beatles will die

EXEC #1:
So John and his cronies to England will fly

ALL:

They'll fly, they'll fly, these Beatles must
Beatles must, Beatles must die!