Please bring me absolution. Mrs Chance knows my sin and also knows that I can’t in my heart of hearts repent. I just wouldn’t mean it. My sin is so great that it puts all other sins to shame. My sin reaches out and causes toe tapping and guilt across the ages and lands.
Friends. Know I have sinned.
Friends. Know that I have betrayed your trust.
Yes! It’s true. I have sinned both in my heart, with my voice, with my talent and with my fingers.
Humbly, I put before you the sin that weighs me down.
(Please cover the eyes and ears of anyone under 18 now. I wouldn’t want them to be poisoned at such a young and impressionable age.)
I know all the words to ‘Afternoon Delight’ by the Starland Vocal Band.
Neighbors…brethren…friends. Not only to I know all the words and have sung them in public but…
I know all the chords. And they’re tricky ones. I had to develop a whole new style of playing to learn them. Weeks of effort I spent learning the subtle nuances of “Thinking up is working up an appetite…”
FURTHERMORE friends…
Not only can I play this song (which shall no longer be named…you can uncover the ears of all persons under 18 now) but I have worked out pop arrangements, jazz arrangements, speed metal arrangements, folk arrangements and even…once…a swing arrangement.
Acoustic guitar…electric guitar…it doesn’t matter. I’m too weak to refrain.
(Cover their ears again please. I need to say it again!)
Yes, if I can get that sequencer properly programmed I’d be a spectacular, get down, One man “Afternoon Delight” band.
I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me.