Jesus Threw Up A Highway For Me

from Plunk by Bulkhead

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Pete had an old gospel record. Or was it blues? Maybe it was spirituals? Anyway, there was a song titled Jesus Throwed Up A Highway for Us. We got a giggle out of that. We were watching a lot of the scandalous televangelist Robert Tilton at the time. Pretty much every night at 10 we'd go up to our roommate's room, the one with cable, and watch Tilton steal money from poor people by pretending to speak in tongues etc. We stole a lot of the "story" in this song from him.

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Harbor thoughts of doing harm, it's hard to think of these feelings I have now. But it tears right through me, it's the message sent. This is a sign and not just a warning. I had a growth on my neck, it was threatening my life. I cried "lord what have i done"? Well its the work I say, I do without pay. This is a sign and not just a warning, This is a chore, we're waiting for Jesus. Jesus....Jesus. Scientists are getting used to the idea, anthropologists have found the DNA. Apologist step forward who's responsible here. It's Jesus, oh it's alien Jesus, punctures his way through the atmosphere as he floats across the plain. He built a highway for me.

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from Plunk, released March 1, 1992
All songs written by Bulkhead

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Bulkhead Boston, Massachusetts

During Bulkhead's 6+ year career (1987-1994) the band released two LPs, Plunk (1992 - Sonic Bubblegum) and Gas Giants (1994 - Shimmy Disk) and two 7-inch singles. Often cited as a link between Mission of Burma and the Pixies, Bulkhead came to prominence in the Boston rock scene with the local radio hits Zooks (1987), Saw Ya (1990) and Leaves In Virginia (1991). ... more

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