Overheard Projector (feat. the Glory Boys)

It was 1987 when I first saw it's light
This heaven sent technology changed things overnight
I boxed up all the hymnals for the future had come
Behold the over-head projector
To run the new projector seemed like only a dream
Until the pastor said, "This might just be your new ministry"
I prayed for seven weeks, then got a word from the Lord
"Work Ye the o-ver-head projector!"

It is my lifelong call
To put the words on the wall
I am the certified director of the overhead projector
You'll never take this job from me

Well I could've played the keytar, roto-toms, or the bass
But I was called to the projector, at a very young age
My gifting isn't music but I'm still in the band
I rock the overhead projector
Without my see-through pages, they'd be lost all the time
They'd be mumbling incoherently to "Shine Jesus Shine"
Worship can't begin unless I'm up on that stage
Me and my overhead projector

"I've got some news" said the pastor
"That the board voted in"
"We're replacing your position with a new IBM”
“We sold that ol' projector to the church down the street
And you'll need to turn in your transparencies"

Well those awful words, hit me straight in my chest
Could this be a joke? could this be in jest?
"You can have them" I said
Then a long silence lingered
"When you pry them yourself from my cold, dead, fingers"