My School Prayer - The Foremen

Now I lay me down to learn

Which to read and which to burn

Pray the Lord my soul to turn

Over to the school board

Free to worship as I please

Long as it pleases the authorities

Hear me praying on my knees

My School Prayer

(spoken)

Once again, boys and girls, I’ll remind you that this activity is not mandatory,

and those of you who don’t believe in a Judeo-Christian God as defined by

Congress, should feel free to sit quietly with your fingers in your ears,

like the atheistic heathen you are. Agnostics may want to plug just one ear

(sung)

May my every sneeze be blessed

May I pass I urine test

May my mind be underestimated

And ignored, Lord

Keep my classroom safe and clean

Sanctify my M16

Every morning 8:15

It’s my School Prayer

God bless California, Arizona, North Dakota, Texas, Maine, New Hampshire,

Ohio and New York, of course

The forty-eight contiguous

And the two ambiguous

The greatest country God ever saved from the pagans

And while we’re at it, dear Lord, bless the Reagans

God is good and God is great

So we’d hate to separate

Church from state or ourselves from patriarchy

And theocracy

Peace on earth, Thy kingdom come

Into my curriculum

Make my head a hollow drum

Strike me dumb

Except to mumble

My School Prayer