Hellion

Now in the beginning he wasn’t a snake

Considered by some just an honest mistake

By sixteen already the worst I had seen

The petulant sort if you know what I mean

He answered “Whatever” to every demand

An insolent kid that nobody could stand

Chalked full of rebellion, back-talking all day

Yet given no reason for acting that way

He never saw puberty, that’d be unfair

So up in his room, what’s he doing in there

He’s wicked and evil, this know-it-all louse

I finally said, “Jesus, get him outta Our house”

We punish rebellion, We settle the score

We changed all the locks, he ain’t welcome no more

I know he’s not finished, he’ll pop up again

Yes, that much is certain, the question is when

I fashioned a man in the image of Me

Still feeling creative I planted a tree

It came with a warning, don’t eat of its fruit

But they disobeyed so I gave ‘em the boot

It’s ever since then that humanity failed

With help from a devil who often rebelled

The teen cast from heaven is tormenting man

So I offered Jesus according to plan

My Son the Redeemer was sent to atone

But most still reject Him and go it alone

Your teen’s My revenge for the way you persist

Though made in your image, denies you exist

Fed up with you parents they fall to their knees

Praying I help them to do as they please

They lie with their promises thinking they’re clever

But I simply laugh and I answer, “Whatever”