Fax me a prayer
em = By Willy Bach
Lord
We beseech thee
Let Alan Bond
Recover from
His present troubles
So that my BM shares
Will steadily rise
Above the four cents
I paid for them
Back in July
And Lord
We pray that BHP
Will be able to
Fully explore
And mine
At Coronation Hill
For gold
Platinum
And uranium
And may they find
No sacred sites
Lord
We beseech thee
Keep the lid on
Dissent in China
And keep
Trade unions
Dormant in
Singapore
So that my
Chuan Hup
Shares
May recover
Soon
Please Lord
Bring pestilence
And cyclones
To Bangladesh
Let thousands
Perish in floods
And see
My jute futures
Go
Through the roof
Lord
Bring prosperity
And thousands
Of Japanese tourists
To Nambucca Heads
Keppel Sands
And several
Other places
Where I bought Cheap land
Ten years ago
From dead
Pensioners
Lord
We ask
Not for ourselves
But
For the Good of Humanity
Steer the debate
On the greenhouse effect
So that greenies
Will see the benefits
Of nuclear power
And advocate
The building
Of reactors
Across Australia
And God willing
My shares in
Western Mining
Will appreciate
And lord
I will wash
Your feet
A thousand times
If De Beers
Can retain control
Of the world
Diamond market
Even if
Apartheid
Has to be enforced
With Caspars
Full of trigger-happy
Lunatics
Protect my
Investment diamonds
As we forgive others
Lord
Please assist
With the fomentation
Of minor wars
Around the world
Give us the
Opportunity
To test our new
Rocket launcher
Against
The Bulgarian version
So that we can
Clinch the deal
With Indonesia
And the PLO
and maybe China
For all that we Are about to receive
May the Lord make us
Truly thankful ... Amen