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Tower of Babel

from Doubts Turned to Joy by North Side Jamboree

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A funk song about the Tower of Babel... How cool is that?

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I've been workin on this tower, since I've been alive,
Layin brick upon brick, is my nine to five,
We're gonna make it to heaven, we're building so high,
Gonna show the mighty power, of all mankind,
Every able-bodied man, is here and at work,
We're all in this together, not a day would we shirk,
So I ask my friend Joey, "Hey could you hand me some screws?"
The only reply that I hear, "Sacrebleu!"

Working on this tower of Babel,
Hearin' words that ain't never been used,
I thought we were gonna make it to heaven,
But now I'm just a little confused...

I say "This is heavy, someone come help me move this stone,"
"No comprendo, senor," is all I get from Timone,
Then I bump into Bobby, and he says "Psprezm"
I sneeze and hear "Gezundheit," I guess that's some kind of blessin'.

Working on this tower of Babel,
Hearin' language I ain't never heard before,
We'll fall apart if this keeps on going,
I don't think that I can take anymore!

I thought that I could count on Landon,
But now I need Rosetta Stone to understand him,
We might as well give up and go home,
We aren't gettin' any work done,
We thought that we could show God our power,
But we couldn't even build a tower...

I've been building up myself since the day of my birth,
Tryin' to make myself important, someone famous on this Earth,
I keep thinking everybody needs to know my name,
But then God came and showed me, my own shame!

Working on my tower of babel,
I thought for sure that I could touch the sky,
There's only one way to make it to heaven,
Not found in me, it's Jesus Christ!

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from Doubts Turned to Joy, released August 5, 2015

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