Lyrics

Hivite Zone
Parody of “Twilight Zone” performed by Golden Earring and written by George Kooymans
(Joshua 9:1-10:27, 11:19)

Somewhere in the holy Old Testament, there’re some guys askin’ the Israelites to come and turn away a concerted attack on them — let’s tune on in

It's true mayhem (It's true mayhem)
With fear and gore (With fear and gore)
All Gibeon's neighbors (All Gibeon's neighbors)
Have come for war (Have come for war)
The Gibeonite deception inspired a pagan offensive
Yeah, there's a swarm on the move
Five kings up ahead
Backed up with violence, all but certain we're dead
They cannot beat God
And so we're sendin' you this message:

Help! They’re steppin’ into the Hivite zone
Israel, come and help — fear of thee has grown
Five kings and their troops thunder through these parts
They're about to know now that they've gone too far
As you will come and show
When the bullies get dethroned
Soon you will come and show
When the bullies get dethroned

They're probably homicidal, just in case you don't know
If you come across our messenger, follow him home
Can't get your protection, if he can't get through — they're all huge
Well, our plight seems desperate until we find
Israel's on our borderline
When we hear men come
We know they'll help; we have this treaty
As we said ...

Help! They’re steppin’ into the Hivite zone
Israel's in the house — seems our plea is known
Five kings and their troops thundered through these parts
They're about to know now that they've gone too far
As you have come to show
When the bullies get dethroned
Soon they will come to know
When the bullies get dethroned
When the bullies get dethroned

Help! They’re steppin’ into the Hivite zone
Israel's in the house — we'll not be alone
Five kings and their troops thundered through these parts
Amorites should know now that they've gone too far
(Oh whoa oh)
Help! They’re steppin’ into the Hivite zone
Israel's in the house — feels like we just won
Five kings and their troops thundered through these parts
Amorites should know now that they've gone too far
As you have come and shown
When the bullies get dethroned
Yes, you have come and shown
When the bullies get dethroned
When the bullies get dethroned uh huh uhh
When the bullies get dethroned
When the bullies get dethroned uh huh uhh
When the bullies get dethroned

Da-da-da-da da-da, da-da-da da-da-ohhh
Oh-da-da-da da-da, da-da-da da-da-ohhh

Joshua 11:19
There was not a city which made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivites living in Gibeon; they took them all in battle.