Lyrics

Stop the Trash Talk
Parody of "Rock the Casbah" performed by The Clash and written by Topper Headon, Joe Strummer & Mick Jones
(Matthew 12:24-37, 21:12-16, 22:15-23:36; Mark 3:5-6, 9:33-37, 11:15-18; Luke 9:46-48, 11:37-54, 16:13-15, 19:45-20:47, 22:24-27; John 2:13-22, 11:47-53)

Now, the King told us, Lookee, men
You have to let that braggin' stop
The royal palace heavenly
Has no vacancies for snobs
They take from those who have a lack
They love accruin' dollar bills
The boys in the Sanhedrin
On the day they heard weren't thrilled
Ahhh!

The priests don't like Him
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"
The priests don't like Him
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"

My Lord, He was a prophet
A man that stood His ground
He's gentle with the faithful
Yet He takes the class-snobs down
But their battle-plan was thought out
He let their panel come
The local scripture experts thought they'd catch Him thinkin' dumb
As soon as the Pharisees dared come near
They began to fail

The priests don't like Him
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"
The priests don't like Him
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"

Now over at the Temple
Oh, they feel attacked again
The in-house bankers rule
This big exchanging thing
But as they increased transactions
And the Temple bankbook thrived
Then Christ got a whip
And exclaimed that that was jive!

The priests don't like Him
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"
The priests don't like Him
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"

The King called out those pit vipers
He said, You'd better learn to pray
Drop your pomp, you preening hypocrites
Now you're cast away
And soon every Pharisee shuffled out and glared
They met by the moon to discuss scenarios there
Goons that loved Herod would vow their fair share
To get Christ as well

The priests don't like Him
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"
The priests don't like Him
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"
The priests don't like Him
(They think He's not kosher)
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"
The priests don't like Him
(Governmentally abrasive)
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"
The priests don't like Him
(You know they really hate Him)
Talkin' with castoffs — "Stop the trash talk!"

Matthew 23:33
“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?"