Smarter

One day her father came to her door

Looking just like he did when she was a little girl

It wasn’t really him but he loved her

Like she wished he’d done before

Then her brother rose from the dead

Dressed up just like a gentleman caller

She didn’t know him for all the fancy clothes

And she sent him away

She said I need somebody smarter than me

I need to exercise my vocabulary

I’ll shut up and learn from him

I’ll shut up now

Jesus Christ came down from the aerial

Transmission he was all there

His perfect love left her nonplussed

She said I’ve been there

She said I need somebody smarter than me

I need to exercise my vocabulary

I’ll shut up and learn from him

Brush up on politics

She said I need somebody smarter than me

I need to exercise my vocabulary

I’ll shut up and learn from him

I’ll shut up now

I’ll shut up now

Shut up, shut up now

Shut up now