Jesus Buys Me Cigarettes

A wistful uke song about being a teenager and hanging out with the Son of God.

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posted by RokkitNite (8 comments total)

Hard to pin down my favourite moment of grubby nostalgia here, but rhyming "mix cassettes" and "cigarettes" is definitely a contender, as is the all-night garage run.
posted by him at 11:31 AM on April 22, 2010

I'm picturing you and Jesus riding on a tandem bike together. It a sunny afternoon. You reach for the box of smokes and discover it's empty. Without missing a beat Jesus touches the box and it's magically refilled with cigarettes! Oh, and you're biking across the top of a lake.

Fun song.
posted by quadog at 2:05 PM on April 22, 2010

That was surprisingly fun. The introduction didn't do so much for me, but by the time you hit the chorus I was sucked in.
posted by tdismukes at 7:02 PM on April 22, 2010

Another very refreshing and very English little belter. Listeners from North America may find the reference to "fags" a trifle unsettling. English slang for "cigarettes". Obviously, I suppose.
posted by MajorDundee at 12:27 PM on April 23, 2010

Well, I did briefly consider calling it 'God Loves Fags' but felt that might be a pun too far.
posted by RokkitNite at 2:38 AM on April 24, 2010 [1 favorite]

I think this is great!
posted by Post-it Goat at 12:04 PM on April 28, 2010

Me and girlfriend love this. We both find it cute. Is that ok?
posted by multivalent at 3:09 PM on April 30, 2010

this is fucking adorable! i'm gonna be singing this in the line at the grocery store - as i live in oklahoma, i imagine i'll be getting dirty looks.
posted by nadawi at 6:42 PM on April 30, 2010