Lest we forget

The previous post featured Joe O'Connor replacing the word "fuck" with the word "forget", in order to preserve any sensitive ears. The following is a little ditty composed by Tim Minchin about our dear friend Cardinal Ratzinger. Now Tim is a smart guy, but he forgot to "forget", so prepare yourself for the word "fuck" in large doses.

Yes indeed, the word "fuck" or a derivative therefore of, is used 92 times in that 2:17 clip. That works out as a profanity once every 1.48 seconds, which according to Joe, is about right for the average Irish conversation.

In fact, I was so impressed by Tim's lyrics that I transcribed them below. So shield your eyes!

Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he’s a fucking motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the fucking fucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he’s a total fucking fucker.

Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fucking fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucking pope.

Fuck the motherfucker, fuck you, motherfucker
If you think think that motherfucker is sacred
If you cover for another motherfucker who’s a kiddiefucker
Fuck you you’re no better than the motherfucking rapist
And if you don’t like the swearing that this motherfucker forced from me
And reckon it shows moral or intellectual paucity
Then fuck you, motherfucker, this is language that one employs
When one is fucking cross about fuckers fucking boys.

I don’t give a fuck if calling the pope a mother fucker
Means you’re unthinkingly branding an unthinking apostalate
This his nought to do with other fucking godly motherfuckers
I’m not interested right now in fucking scriptural debate
There are other fucking songs
And there are other fucking ways
I’ll be a religious apologist on other fucking days
But the fact remains that if you protect a single peadyfucker
Then pope or prince or plumber you’re a fucking motherfucker.

You see I don’t give a fuck what any other motherfucker
Believes about Jesus and his motherfucking mother
I’ve no problem with the spiritual beliefs of all these fuckers
While beliefs don’t hit back on the happiness of others.

If you build your church on claims of fucking moral authority
And with threats of hell impose it on others in society
Then you you motherfuckers you can expect some fucking wrath
When it turns out you’ve been fucking us in our mother fuckings arses.

So fuck the motherfucker, fuck you, motherfucker
If you’re still a motherfucking papist.
If he covered for a single motherfucker who’s a kiddy-fucker
Fuck the motherfuck, he’s as evil as the rapist.

And if you look into your motherfucking heart and tell me true
That this motherfucking stupid fucking song offended you
With it’s filthy fucking language and it’s fucking disrespect
If it made you feel angry go ahead and write a letter.

But if you find me more offensive than the fucking possibility
The pope protected priests when they were getting fucking fiddley
Then listen to me motherfucker this here is a fact
You are just as morally misguided as that motherfucking
Power hungry, self-agrandised, bigot in the stupid fucking hat.

Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he’s a fucking motherfucker...

Tim Minchin