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From the album G N' R Lies,
Patience was a
#4 Pop hit for Guns N' Roses in 1989.
Songwriter:
Steven Adler, Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Saul Hudson & Izzy Stradlin
J's Journal:
When I first discovered what the Bible had to say about general state of the human heart, I was fascinated, because it contrasted so sharply with what pop music and pop culture in general. Society wants to teach us that man is basically good and the heart is the best part about him, whereas the Bible says "There is none righteous, no, not one" (Romans 3:10) and the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked." (Jeremiah 17:9)
So we all have spiritual heart disease. We're sick. Thankfully, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." (Mark 2:17) I started thinking about this world as a great big hospital with some patients who are going to make it and some who aren't, all depending on who select as their physician and whether they submit to the treatment He prescribes.
When Guns n' Roses' original version came out, I wasn't listening to secular radio (I was familiar with only "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Welcome to the Jungle"), but I was a camp counselor at church retreat, and some of the kids we were talking about were talking about it. However, one of the best ways to get me interested in a song is to hear people talking about it, so when we started doing parodies, I looked up the song, and very quickly came up with the "patience/patients" connection. There's nothing like a good homophone to spice up a spice up a parody. I don't know whether "patience" and "patients" are true homophones, but the way I pronounce them they are -- not that I'm homophonic, mind you :)
We started playing this song live in May or June of 1992, and it was one of the more popular songs on our first cassette, "Get Your Wigs" (live). Karl sure could do a mean Axl Rose sway, which was always good for laughs.
Stats:
Genre: Classic Rock
Length: 5:42
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Patients
Parody of "Patience" by Guns N' Roses
(Jeremiah 17:9; Mark 2:17; Romans 3:10-23; Proverbs 21:2)
I shed a tear 'cause I'm wishin' you would just
Open up your eyes
You still think this world's a sunny day now
There was a time when I thought so, too, but now I
See it's all a lie
There is no doubt it's not that way now
Everyone is sick, you know
And the world is not that kind
All we are is just hospital patients
There's a great physician, though
And if He healed the deaf and blind
Jesus Christ has what it takes to save us
It says in Jeremiah, Chapter 17
The heart is sick; it's desperately deceitful
Don't try and tell me that you don't sin
And that your heart is squeaky clean
'Cause you know every person deals with evil
Everyone is sick, you know
And the world is not that kind
All we are is just hospital patients
You can choose to take the cure
But if you don't, you'll end up dyin'
The choice is yours; it's you who's got to take it
And you can make it!
Ah, you'll never shake it!
But you can't fake it
LEAD
There's a doctor who can save your life
That's Dr. Jesus Christ
He's the only doctor in town
You know He don't want to see you stuck in the ground
And He'll ease your pain, 'cause that's why He came
You're never gonna be the same, 'cause He'll heal ya
Whoa! Yeah! He'll heal ya!
Whoa! He'll heal ya!
Whoa! He'll heal ya!
Just try Him!
Mark 2:17
On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
©1993 Parodudes Music, Inc.
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