The God With No Name

(Joshua 1:8, Acts 17:22-31)
parody of A Horse With No Name written by Dewey Bunnell and performed by America

On my second foreign journey
I was waiting here for Silas
There were altars, idols, rocks and things
They were all over Athens


The people I met when I talked were abuzz
And they gathered a crowd
Their speakers stopped, now no sound but I
In the Areopagus ground

I’ve seen here an altar
To the god with no name
I know to whom you guys have been prayin’
It’s been so long, you have forgotten His name
Cause there ain’t no one
Sent like me to explain

Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yahweh Yah, Yahweh
Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yawheh Yah, Yahweh

And from one man he made the nations
And all their lifetimes are set
Not far away, he wants everyone
To search for Him and to find Him yet

And His story is told
In the Book prophets wrote
Not a day goes by it’s not read

I said I’ve seen here an altar
To the god with no name
I know to whom you guys have been prayin’
It’s been so long, you have forgotten His name
Cause there ain’t no one
Sent like me to explain

Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yahweh Yah, Yahweh
Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yawheh Yah, Yahweh

All of time-space submits too, cause He’s the
God of heaven and earth you see
Not temples made from dirt, in us He lives
And we all are His offspring

God’s offspring then should repent, He’s no idol we found
Do not worship the skies above
Or build deities, d’signed or carved from the ground
Gods of your hands will bring no love

I said I’ve seen here an altar
To the god with no name
I know to whom you guys have been prayin’
Please do not fret, you’ll soon remember His name
Cause I am the one
Sent to tell you His name

Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yahweh Yah, Yahweh
Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yawheh Yah, Yahweh

Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yahweh Yah, Yahweh
Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yawheh Yah, Yahweh

Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yahweh Yah, Yahweh
Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yawheh Yah, Yahweh

Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yahweh Yah, Yahweh
Yahweh Yahweh Yahweh
Yawheh Yah, Yahweh

parody lyrics © 2002 Glenn Davies