Tim Minchin - The Good Book (Live)

Tim Minchin is as brilliant and hilarious as ever as he satires the bible in "The Good Book." I own nothing, obviously, go buy the DVD as Tim Minchin deserves the moolah.

BTW, there's another version on here too (and he should get credit, as he uploaded the video first). Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxXrTRFVUkQ&feature=related

Lyrics:

Life is like an ocean voyage and our bodies are the ships
And without a moral compass we would all be cast adrift
So to keep us on our bearings, the Lord gave us a gift
And like most gifts you get, it was a book

I only read one book, but it's a good book, don't you know
I act the way I act because the Good Book tells me so
If I wanna known how to be good, it's to the Good Book that I go
'Cos the Good Book is a book and it is good and it's a book

I know the Good Book's good because the Good Book says it's good
I know the Good Book knows it's good because a really good book would
You wouldn't cook without a cookbook and I think it's understood
You can't be good without a Good Book 'cos it's good and it's a book
And it is good for cookin'

I tried to read some other books, but I soon gave up on that
The paragraphs ain't numbered and they complicate the facts
I can't read Harry Potter 'cos they're worshipping false gods and that
And Dumbledore's a poofter and that's bad, 'cos it's not good

Morality is written there in simple white and black
I feel sorry for you heathens, got to think about all that
Good is good and evil's bad and goats are good and pigs are crap
You'll find which one is which in the Good Book, 'cos it's good
And it's a book, and it's a book

I had a cat, she gave birth to a litter
The kittens were adorable and they made my family laugh
But as they grew they started misbehavin'
So I drowned the little fuckers in the bath
When the creatures in your care start being menaces
The answers can be found right there in Genesis!
Chapter 6, Verse 5-7!

Swing your partner by the hand
Have a baby if you can
But if the voices your head
Say to sacrifice your kid
To satiate your loving God's
Fetish for dead baby blood
It's simple fate, the Book demands
So raise that knife up in your hand!

Before the Good Book made us good, there was no good way to know
If a thing was good or not that good or kind of touch and go
So God decided he'd give writing allegoric prose a go
And so he wrote a book and it was generally well-received

The Telegraph said, "This God is reminiscent of the Norse."
The Times said, "Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses."
The Mail said, "Lots of massacres, a violent tour de force.
If you only read one book this year, then this one is a book
And it is good, and it's a book!"

Swing your daughter by the hand
But if she gets raped by a man
And refuses then to marry him
Stone her to death!

If you just close your eyes and block your ears
To the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years
Then morally, guess what? You're off the hook
And thank Christ you only have to read one book

Just because the book's contents
Were written generations hence
By hairy desert-dwelling gents
Squatting in their dusty tents
Just because what Heaven said
Was said before they'd leavened bread
Just 'cos Jesus couldn't read
Doesn't mean that we should need
When manipulating human genes
To alleviate pain and fight disease
When deciding whether it's wrong or right
To help the dyin' let go of life
Or stop a pregnancy when it's
Just a tiny blastocyst
There's no reason why we should take a look
At any other book
But the Good Book
'Cause it's good
And it's a book
And it's a book
And it's quite good!

Good is good and evil's bad
And kids get killed when God gets mad
And you'd better take a good look
At the Good Book

More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/tim_minchin/#share

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• tim minchin
• the good book
• atheism
• blasphemy
• the bible
• irreligious
• hilarious
• so live
• ready for this
• christianity
• tim is god

[garethchelsea]

It's SATIATE not SATISFY, it's wrong in like every lyrics on the net ffs.

[QueenSlartibartfast]

@garethchelsea *cringe* Sorry about that. I think I was half-asleep when I copied and pasted them, then never got around to checking them over. It's fixed now though, thanks for pointing it out! :)

[stuj67]

what did he call dumbledore? what does that mean?

[QueenSlartibartfast]

@stuj67 He calls him a "poofter." Poof/poofter is British slang for a gay person. Check out his "Five Poofs and Two Pianos" song, it's great.

[badpenguin455]

@TooFarGabe FALSE: More atheists read the bible than Christians, hence being atheists.

[OliByGolly1]

'The Good book is a book, and it's Good and it's a Book'

[anomoly26]

@TooFarGabe I've read three different versions of the bible. Every Atheist I know has read the bible, and none of the Catholics have. I've been Atheist since I was six, but the contents of the bible certainly reaffirmed my convictions. It's a good story, sure, but worshiping that horrible creature!? Thanks, no.

[lalalivvy118]

I think that Tim Minchin generates the most YouTube Wars.

Its just cause the christian's care too much and the atheists don't care enough.

[aaronpolitical]

This is even better because the guy looks SO much like Andrew Breitbart!

[hoorahforsnakes]

Genesis Chapter 6, Verse 5-7

cat analogy is great!

[ShaolinDynasty]

@AlgolagniaVolcae -See what brainwashing does to you? 

[AlgolagniaVolcae]

Leviticus 1:14-17 " He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the lord. " - Cooking with the bible.

[TsuchiEnkou]

When playing piano at school I hit the last keys with my foot... my teacher didn't find it funny :3

[TsuchiEnkou]

@QueenSlartibartfast

I actually found out that Dumbledore is gay because of Tim. I'm British so I understood straight away X3

[KateBHillier]

This is the best take on the power of religion I've heard - superb!! 

[AnnaKatAllam]

*marry