parody of "The Day That Music Died" by Don McKleen
New Words by Alpha 3-er Jeremy Pace
A long long time ago
At a place not far from home
I heard about a country where
Houses looked like cardboard
They live off rice and don't know the Lord
Now who's going to go and take Him there?
We signed up, and our parents freaked
Got passports, and our acceptance sheets
We had to raise some moneys
Washed cars and worked at McD's
We learned some spanish, got our shots
Bought plane tickets that cost alot
We all wound up at Garden Valley
That's where this mission starts...
CHORUS
Oh my, my, this here mission trip guys
Do the drama cuz we gotta go and open their eyes
We ride on the bus, eat peanut butter on rye
Singing This is the reason Jesus died
This is the reason Jesus died
VERSE 2
Well the very next day we met
And we weren't even best friends yets but we
Had some sweat filled training and
Oh, Journey Man breaks free and ask "Who am I?"
Then he sees Greed, and he kills this guy
And he can't get the stains off his hands
Well Pleasure comes and they twirl around
And Power beats him to the ground
Intelligance was rude
Oh but then there's that Miracle dude
He takes his place and gets punched in the nose
Which wasn't in the script I suppose
The important thing is that he rose
We passed, we're on our way
We started singing-
My, my, this here mission trip guys
Do the drama cuz we gotta go and open their eyes
We ride on the bus, eat peanut butter on rye
Singing This is the reason Jesus died
This is the reason Jesus died
VERSE 3
Well we finally got off the plane
And nothing there even looked the same
Just as far as the eye could see
We went to our first site with our make-up smeared
We did the Doctor Skit and the kids all cheered
And it's time to start our ministry
Well dig big bag
TAG your MAG, pray in POD
Grab a translator, tell them abour God
I ate a tarunchula
It was good, "Basically, um, yeah"
There's village trips were you make the blind see
There's cold showers and the men are flirty
But a lost soul that is set free makes
It worth it all
We were singing
CHORUS
My, my, this here mission trip guys
Do the drama cuz we gotta go and open their eyes
We ride on the bus, eat peanut butter on rye
Singing This is the reason Jesus died
This is the reason Jesus died
VERSE 4
It was all over way too soon
And we were at the market by noon
After all, it was out one Free Day
