I first heard this song loud 'n' clear in June over the big speakers at the Bonnaroo festival and just about lost it. I totally forgot about it until my treacherous brain woke up warbling this little ditty this morning.

As for the above mentioned songs, I taught my youth group "Plastic Jesus" long ago (Gold Coast Singers, I think) though they were quite fond of several John Prine songs as well, such as "Dear Abby" & "Please Don't Bury Me". "Drop Kick Me Jesus" was Terry (the QB) Bradshaw being serious, I'm afraid. "A Whole Lot More Of Jesus..." was Scott Wesley Brown, who also penned "I'm Not Religious; I Just Love the Lord".

Truth is (as I'm Appalachian, I can attest to this) ... many Southern Gospel and Old Time Gospel lyrics are practically parodies in and of themselves.

The humor is this song lies in the dead-on singing and musicianship -- I had to hear the first F-bomb before I realized it was a joke. The other bit of bitter-sweet humor lies in the sad irony that this conveys the world view of a certain subset of christian, a group who was and is to be known by their love).

A belated thanks for your posts.