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Gain in Vain (Can't Buy Me)
Parody of "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)" performed by The Clash and written by Joe Strummer & Mick Jones
(Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:19; Ecclesiastes 7:7; Proverbs 15:27, 17:23, 29:4; Psalm 15:5, 26:9-10; Isaiah 1:23-28, 5:22-23, 33:15-22; Amos 5:12; Micah 3:11, 7:3; Ezekiel 22:12-13; 2 Chronicles 19:7, Mark 8:36)

You say you'll stand by your land
Till there's something that's done underhand
You stand for justice -- imagine that
And then you left it when you smelled cash
Well, those things will then be plain as day
When the Lord makes every villain pay

He can't stand bribery -- no, not all
He can't stand bribery -- no way

Olden times, His speakers spoke
I remember those things they wrote
I've seen honesty come crumbling down
God can't be happy about you now
So I know Ezekiel would complain
And as both Amos and Micah say

He can't stand bribery -- no, not all
He can't stand bribery -- no way

You must explain: Why this much greed?
It gives you blind eyes when you're s'posed to lead
He can't stand bribery -- no, not at all

Now I've got a judge the rich won't sway
Isaiah shows that He's got more to say
But, with power, lofty things bribes can do
But the graft you love -- it won't make it true
And Deuteronomy supports this view
In verse 16:19 -- why can't you?

He can't stand bribery -- no, not all
He can't stand bribery -- no way
He can't stand bribery -- no, not all
Exodus 23, verse 8

You must explain -- at His judgment seat
If you lie for unspoken fees
He says, you can't buy Me

Says you can't buy Me -- no, not at all
Says you can't buy Me -- no way
Says you can't bribe Me -- no, not at all
Says you can't bribe Me -- no way

Mark 8:36
"What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?"