Rejected verses for “Oil in My Lamp”

Give me memes in my feed,
Let me ROFL,
Give me memes in my feed, I pray!
Give me memes in my feed,
Let me ROFL,
Let me ROFL
Till the break of day.

Sing Hosanna, etc.

Give me gumption for my unction,
Let me function,
Give me gumption for my unction, I pray!
Give me gumption for my unction,
Let me function,
Let me function
Till the break of day.

Sing Hosanna, etc.

(this one for the students doing last-minute revision)

Give me milk in my coffee,
Let me focus,
Give me milk in my coffee, I pray!
Give me milk in my coffee,
Let me focus,
Let me focus
Till the break of day.

Sing Hosanna, etc.

Let’s see what you’ve got…

10 thoughts on “Rejected verses for “Oil in My Lamp”

  • Another rejected verse for Oil in My Lamp

    @heresy

    Give me bacon in my bread,
    Keep me munching,
    Give me bacon in my bread, I pray!
    Give me bacon in my bread,
    Keep me munching,
    Keep me munching
    Till the break of day.

    #bacon #RejectedVersesForOilInMyLamp

  • @heresy

    Give me legos on my floor,
    Keep me screaming
    Give me legos on my floor, I pray
    Give me legos on my floor
    keep me screaming
    Keep me screaming ’til the break of day

    And then…

    Give me milk on my cornflakes
    Let me eat them
    Give me milk on my cornflakes, I pray
    Give me milk on my cornflakes
    Let me eat them
    Let me eat them at the break of day

    and then

    Give me a sicknote for my boss
    Let me stay home
    Give me a sicknote for my boss, I pray
    Give me a sicknote for my boss
    Let me stay home
    Let me stay home another day

    then

    Give me passwords for your Netflix
    Keep me binging
    Give me passwords for your Netflix, I pray
    Give me passwords for your Netflix
    Keep me binging
    Keep me binging until the break of day

    followed by

    Give me excuses for my absense
    Keep me working
    Give me excuses for my absense, I pray
    Give me excuses for my absense
    Keep me working
    Keep me working for one more day

  • @heresy

    Give me nergle for my chundle
    Keep me flurping
    Give me nergle for my chundle, I pray
    Give me nergle for my chundle
    Keep me flurping
    Keep me flurping, until the break of day

  • @heresy

    Give me puns for my guns
    Keep me joking
    Give me puns for my guns, I pray
    Give me puns for my guns
    Keep me joking
    Keep me joking to the break of day

    #RejectedVersesForOilInMyLamp #songs

  • @heresy

    Give me tea in my cup
    Keep me slurping
    Give me tea in my cup, I pray
    Give me tea in my cup
    Keep me slurping
    Keep me slurping to the break of day

  • Gimme that old time oil in my lamp…

    Reblog of this post because I screwed up the syndication thingy (with bonus verses to avoid being spammy). Third try…

    ↬heresy.isbrill.com/modern-heresy/rejected-verses-for-oil-in-my-lamp/

    Give me coins for the offering
    Keep me tithing
    Give me coins for the offering, I pray
    Give me coins for the offering
    Keep me tithing
    Keep me tithing to the break of day

    (Chorus)

    Give me heating for my baptism
    Stop me shivering
    Give me heating for my baptism, I pray
    Give me heating for my baptism
    Stop me shivering
    Stop me shivering, all jolly day

    (Chorus)

    Give me grace for my errors
    Let me human
    Give me grace for my errors, I pray
    Give me grace for my errors
    Let me human
    Let me human ’till the break of day

    (Chorus)

    Give me notes for my margins
    Keep me studying
    Give me notes for my margins, I pray
    Give me notes for my margins
    Keep me studying
    Keep me studying to the break of day

    #fun #reblog #thingy

  • @heresy

    Give me riffs in my worship
    keep me relevant
    Give me riffs in my worship, I pray
    Give me riffs in my worship
    keep me relevant
    keep me relevant to the break of day

  • More “Oil in My Lamp” rejected verses

    @heresy

    Give me reasons for your doctrine
    Keep on thinking
    Give me reasons for your doctrine, I pray
    Give me reasons for your doctrine
    Keep on thinking
    Keep on thinking to the break of day

    sing hosana…

    Give me thoughts in the shower
    Keep on posting
    Give me thoughts in the shower, I pray
    Give me thoughts in the shower
    Keep on posting
    Keep on posting to the end of days

    (over to you)

    #RejectedVersesForOilInMyLamp #thinking

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