All the people, smart and simple, they began interrogation
of their teachers and their preachers to understand the situation.
Pandemonium was everywhere. People filled the streets.
They closed the shops. Even the cops walked to a different beat.
The populace was troubled. They had questions without answers.
They’d been fooled so many times before
that they didn’t want to take any chances.
Is it just imagination, or is he really flesh and blood?
Will he bring us true salvation,
or will there be another Flood?
Will the lion stop their roaring? Will our troubles go away?
Or will the nations stop their warring? Will we get a raise in pay?
Now the teachers and the wise men couldn’t come to any conclusion.
They tried to formulate answers – just increased the mass confusion.
So they sent letters to the President and faxes to the Senate,
and the President himself appeared nationwide,
said, “Even I don’t understand it.
But there’s one thing I can tell you.”
he said, “To end my monologue,