Balloon Factory Lyrics

I was

Working overtime at the balloon factory

When I made I made I made a discovery

I pulled it from the discard pile and oh so carefully

Brushed sawdust from the face of the virgin mommy!

The face of the virgin Mother on a deflated balloon

Oh yeah I started laughing and I starting to swoon I

Kissed the cold rubber Tears welling in my eye

a miracle hell yes I started to cry!

brought the ballon real close an inch from my face

I said Mary is their something that-a you've got to say

Since you've chosen me as your interpreter

relate me a message but all I got outta her was:



wang diddly dang

Dang diddle biddle wang

Wong bong ding dong x2



I said

what the fuck you saying?

Is that Cantonese?! Then I apologized for cussing

And got down on my knees.

I was worried that maybe I was losing my mind

With all this praying I needed to verify

Said to

my pal Juanita get on over here Go!

I was excited but nervous cuz I did not know

If I was nuts or if the virgin would still appear

But Juanita genuflected right then and there

Told the boss - about it all

And Pretty soon we got some pews

Everybody stopped working

We made the press and the news

We got unpaid vacation

For that very night

But no-one left we just held hands

And started to started to recite:



wang diddly dang

Dang diddle biddle wang

Wong bong ding dong x2



After that I gained

Some local celebrity

I was Promoted to be the

head balloon inspectee

They bought a gilded frame and

Mounted virgin inside

And above my very desk

She came to reside

She hung she hung there for years

For her cult of the devoted

But their love could not prevent

Her image from coming eroded

Hot sun began to warp

And fade till she'd barely be seen

But right before she vanished

Mary whispered this to me:



wang diddly dang

Dang diddle biddle wang

Wong bong ding dong x2