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From the album Book of Dreams,
Jet Airliner was a
#8 hit for Steve Miller in 1977.
Songwriter:
Paul Pena
J's Journal:
In this song, the prophet Jeremiah tells his own story. Aside from the book of Psalms, Jeremiah is the longest book in the Old Testament. Isaiah has more chapters, but Jeremiah has more words, because his chapters are much longer. He also is generally credited with writing the Book of Lamentations. Despite his prolific nature, many Christians don’t really know too much about him, and that’s a telltale sign they haven’t read the whole Bible, because Jeremiah’s books contain not only prophecies, but many stories of things that happened in his life, including his personal feelings about what was going on circa 640-586 B.C.
Poor Jeremiah: He loved his homeland (Judah) and his people (the Jews), and yet he was sent by God to prepare them for the Babylonian invasion that would soon come to punish them. Consequently, the people accused him of being a traitor and a false prophet. All that after Jeremiah plainly told God from the start, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.” ( Jeremiah 1:6)
"Jet Airliner" was one of the first songs I really got into when FM radio started rockin’ me back in 1977, and you heard it too if you were living in the U.S.A. that summer. In fact, I went out to the record store to buy the single, but they were sold out, so I got “Nobody Does It Better” by Carly Simon instead of opting to take the money and run.
Stats:
Genre: Classic Rock
Length: 3:29
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Be Bold Jeremiah
Parody of "Jet Airliner" by Steve Miller
(Jeremiah 1:17)
Even though, I wasn't bold
I didn't doubt the Lord
I didn't know what to think when He came
And said, Speak to them all my words
But my Lord, I speak so horribly
And I feel like I'm far too young
Somebody else should take my place
You know that God told me to move along
Whoa! Be bold, Jeremiah
Don't let them see you are afraid
Whoa! Be bold, Jeremiah
Let them hear what I’ve got to say
Prophesied to all my friends and foes
Prophesied to people I'd just met
They all threw me out and said go away
It might be 'cause I prophesied their destruction
But my Lord keeps callin' me back there
As I get on with servin' my sentence
Prophesyin' -- got tears in my eyes
You know that God said, Go and tell them all to
Get repentant
CHORUS
Dungeon bound they threw me in the ground
Until the king pulled me out
I’ve got to keep on preachin' on
They all said, Big deal, he's a prisoner now!
And I'm hopin' for some visitation
You know but I can surely see
That I don't want to get cut off whenever
Punishment's comin' down on this city
CHORUS 3X
Be bold, Jeremiah -- Carry the news I spoke
Be bold, Jeremiah -- And prepare them for Babylon
©2010 Parodudes Music, Inc.
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