All Day Thursday

Lyrics

He's jolted awake Then he stumbles from the bed He splashes his face To clear the sleep from his head At once he remembers Today is the day His heart begins to race How humbly he kneels As he says his morning prayers Such meaningful words But he's not really there He's tracing the plan Deftly etching in his mind The bloodless, faceless crime All day Thursday Such a moral man All day Thursday Does the best he can He drives to the office On the freeway to hell But the computer program He's written so well Will reward him when no one Acknowledged his good So thinks this Robin Hood All day Thursday Such a moral man All day Thursday Does the best he can Logging on He types, "Good afternoon Please access file 9302" (The Evil One): You will be a rich man (Christ): Father, I do not ask You To take them out of the world But to guard them from the evil one He enters the proper password In F-R-E-E-D-O-M (The Evil One): You will be a rich, be a rich man (Christ): Friend, a house united will stand But a house divided against itself Will surely fall He transfers the funds He logs off, it's done (The Evil One): Be a rich man! (Christ): Beloved, avoid greed! Possessions do not guarantee life! Of the audit trail There's not a single trace (The Evil One): You will be a rich man (Christ): Simon! Simon! The evil one has asked for you To sift you like wheat! Disappeared through An electric hole in space (The Evil One): A rich man (Christ): But I have prayed for you, and you When once you have turned again I am a rich man Such effort to open The police station door When a part of him screams "Now I've evened the score" His successful deception Has ravaged his soul And guilt has taken hold His confession spews out Full of poisonous rot Of all that he should be And all he's not His tears wash away All desire to fight He finally sleeps tonight All day Thursday Such a moral man All day Thursday Does the best he can