"JPBC Blues"

Note: Ben Parziale "sang" this song about his JPBC internship at the Valentine's Banquet (to the tune Folsom Prison Blues).

I hear the Mr. Jeff a comin'

He’s rolling round the bend

And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when,

I'm stuck in JPBC, and time keeps draggin' on

And that’s because I’ve been here since the break of dawn

When I was just a baby my mama told me Son,

Always be a good boy, don't ever be an intern.

But I thought I’d like to do it, just to give it a try.

When I hear his voice a’calling, I hang my head and cry.

Well I know that Mr. Jeff likes that ole Richard Baxter

He’s probably drinkin’ coffee and readin’ Reformed Pastor.

Well I know I had it coming, when I read Homemaking.

Because I’m a pastoral intern, And that's what’s torturing...

Well if they freed me from JPBC,

And if that Rainbow House was mine

I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line

Far from Jeffrey Riddle, that's where I want to stay

And I'd let that lonesome white van drive all my blues away.....

JTR