“Ask Virginia”

Another satire song, with a Nashville/faux-revivalist melody. This one's about a church that is clearly, though not explicitly, the Episcopal Church. Jake Holmes knocks that church for being both too intellectual and too sheltering. Its gag is: God is very much alive, but organized religion is dying out. He hints that organized religion is choking on its self-imposed social duties to other houses of worship. At the end, though, a hint of respect for the object of Jake Holmes’ mockery slips through.


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