Pariah: (from Encarta)
1. outcast: somebody who is despised and avoided
2. somebody rejected from caste: in South Asia, somebody who has defied a social law and has therefore been rejected by a caste
[Early 17th century. < Tamil paṟaiyan "drummer" < paṟai "festival drum"; because hereditary drummers were outside the caste system]
With apologies to Lerner and Loewe
Pariah
Pariah
They call the blog Pariah
Away out here they got a name
For rain and wind and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire Joe,
And they call the blog Pariah
Pariah blows the sermons around
And sends the priests a’flyin’
Pariah makes the pulpit sound
Like folks were up there dying
Pariah
Pariah
They call the blog Pariah
Before I knew Pariah’s name
And heard her wail and whinin’
I had a pew and it had me
And the sun was always shinin’
But then one day I left my pew
I left it far behind me
And now I’m sound, and get around
Where God can better find me
Pariah
Pariah
They call the blog Pariah
Out here they got a name for rain
For wind and fire only
But you’re never lost nor all alone
But there ain’t no word folks can use
To make you feel lonely
He's always there
That brilliant star to guide me
Pariah's not the love I need
I have my Lord beside me
Pariah
Pariah
They call the blog Pariah
Pariah
Pariah!
blog your love to me
