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Reprinted from Songworm 3

Parody of “Sentries”, words and music by Leslie Fish

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Parody lyrics ©1989-12-18 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.

Dm Par

ents have

C warned

us of

G what

they’ve

A heard

:

Dm Dan

gers can

C lurk

in the

G writ

ten

A word

.

Dm Worlds

without

F name

!  And sex without

C shame

!

And

Dm blind

evo

F lu

tion with

C no

one to

Dm blame

!

Dm Neigh

bors have

C warned

us of

G what

they’ve

A seen

:

Dm Un

natural

C acts

in a

G ma

ga

A zine

.

Dm Art

showing

F skin

!  And plays full of

C sin

!

And

Dm how

do you

F know

where that

C no

vel has

Dm been

?

Dm Read

ers are

C reb

els, and

G words

their

A tools

:

Dm Li

brary

C books

, and the

G ones

in

A schools

.

Dm There

fore we

F spy

, keeping an

C eye

Dm Turned

to the

F books

that our

C coun

trymen

Dm buy

.

Dm Some

of us

C preach

ers; the

G rest

are

A lay

:

Dm Sen

tries of

C God

who work

G hard

each

A day

.

Dm Al

ways con

F cerned

for what might be

C learned

From

Dm blas

phemous

F pa

ges that

C ha

ven’t been

Dm burned

!

Dm We

are the

C sen

tries who

G guard

your

A shelves

,

Dm Ban

ning the

C books

we won’t

G read

our

A selves

.

Dm Search

ing the

F stores

.  Closing the

C doors

.

Con

Dm vinced

our mor

F al

ity’s

C bet

ter than

Dm yours

!

For

Dm no

thing is

C sa

cred in

G works

of

A Man

,

Dm Damned

to do

C e

vil since

G Time

beg

A an

.

Dm Al

ways we

F fight

, burning the

C blight

...

And

Dm where

is it

F writ

ten we

C ha

ven’t the

Dm right

?