Elmer Gantry

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We're a fertile land
for corn, beans, squash,

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rumble-seat sex, and revivalism.
Hallelujah, brother.

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What qualifies someone to be
a revivalist? Nothing Nothing at all

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There is not one law
in any state in the Union

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Protecting the Public from the
hysterical onslaught of revivalists

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But the law does Permit them
to invest in tax-free ProPerty,

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and collect money,
without accounting for how it is used

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What do you get for your money?
Can you get into heaven

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by contributing one buck or 50?

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Can you get life eternal by shaking hands
for Jesus with Elmer Gantry?

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"Continued on page three."

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So...

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"I watched this unholy trinity - Falconer,
Gantry, Morgan - save Nebraska."

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"Has sin in that state been washed away?
Is there less envy, lust or adultery?"

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- Ah.
- Gee, I hope not.

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- Break it up. A party of johns want action.
- Keep readin', honey.

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- But, Lulu, they'll be right over.
- Drop dead!

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- Cigarette me, Pete, honey.
- Honey, read!

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"To Elmer Gantry, God is an all-American
football player with a long white beard,

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who carries lightning in one hand,
and a bag of tricks in the other."

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"And Gantry has the high-pressure
style and personality to sell this God

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even to big-city slickers."

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"He can make
innocent people feel guilty...

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and bad people feel good."

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"Gantry has a voice made for promises."

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- Can he save anybody?
- Can he?

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Can he? Anywhere, any time.

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In a tent, standin' up,
layin' down, or any other way.

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And he's got plenty of ways!

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Lulu? Was you saved
by him, Lulu, honey?

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Sister, I was saved by him
way back in Schoenheim, Kansas.