Drink the Cup (A Buttercup Communion Parody)

We started our Church at Worship hymn project in class last night. This will not be the song I share with the class, for reasons which will be abundantly clear in a minute, but I will always remember it as the song I wrote fresh off our hymnody lesson. Nothing can take that away from me.



Drink the Cup
To the tune of "Build Me Up Buttercup" by the Foundations

Why don't you drink the cup? (drink the cup)
Drink it up, baby
When you eat the bread (eat the bread) 'cause Jesus ain't dead
It's the bread of life (bread of life) and blood of Christ, baby
Does that freak you out? (freak you out)
No reason to shout
It's just juice (it's just juice) and some pita bread pieces
The wafers are all gluten-free
So drink the cup (drink the cup), drink it up
But save some for me

Staff went to the store, couldn't get any more
Of that juice I used to like to drink (bah-dah-dah)
But it's not so bad, it'll be just a dab
Don't taste much whenever I intinct

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, you try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little wine, the fruit of the vine
(Hey, hey, hey!) Wanna sip
But, oh, instead you dip bread into juice
Ooo-oo-ooh, ooo-oo-ooh

Why don't you drink the cup? (drink the cup)
Drink it up, baby
When you eat the bread (eat the bread) 'cause Jesus ain't dead
It's the bread of life (bread of life) and blood of Christ, baby
Does that freak you out? (freak you out)
No reason to shout
It's just juice (it's just juice) and some pita bread pieces
The wafers are all gluten-free
So drink the cup (drink the cup), drink it up
Save some for me

Poor thing, had to sneeze. That made you drop your piece on the floor
And you were blushing then (bah-dah-dah)
"God bless you," I said. "You can take some new bread. There's still more"
Now let's try that again

(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, you try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little wine, the fruit of the vine
(Hey, hey, hey!) Wanna sip
But, oh, instead you dip bread into juice
Ooo-oo-ooh, ooo-oo-ooh

Why don't you drink the cup? (drink the cup)
Drink it up, baby
When you eat the bread (eat the bread) 'cause Jesus ain't dead
It's the bread of life (bread of life) and blood of Christ, baby
Does that freak you out? (freak you out)
No reason to shout
It's just juice (it's just juice) and some pita bread pieces
The wafers are all gluten-free
So drink the cup (drink the cup), drink it up
Save some for me

I-I-I drink ju-u-u-uice with my pita bread pieces
The wafers are all gluten-free
So drink the cup (drink the cup), drink it up
Save some for me