[Intro - Slow Hammond organ, somber] [Verse 1] Sunday afternoon in Provo August, eighteen eighty-one The prophet rose to tell them What their God had done He spoke of Noah's flood And why the curse survived "Why did it pass through the water?" Then the answer he supplied [Chorus] The devil needs representation That's what the prophet told God designed it, God required it A people bought and sold The curse of Cain through Ham's own wife Preserved by heaven's hand The devil needs representation So sayeth the promised land [Verse 2] "It was necessary," said the prophet Speaking plain and speaking clear Not whispered, not in private But for every soul to hear Published in the Journal For the faithful to receive The devil needs his people That's what you're supposed to believe [Chorus] The devil needs representation That's what the prophet told God designed it, God required it A people bought and sold The curse of Cain through Ham's own wife Preserved by heaven's hand The devil needs representation So sayeth the promised land [Bridge - Tempo slows, choir enters soft] Two thousand thirteen An essay finally came "We disavow the theories" But they never spoke his name The devil's representation Now just "theories of the past" But for ninety-seven years Those theories held fast [Final Chorus] The devil had representation For ninety-seven years they bore the ban No priesthood, no temple, no promised land That's what they told the children of God "Why did it last so long?" we ask The prophets never told God's children called the devil's own By the man who claimed to speak for God [Outro - Organ fading, spoken] "Because it was necessary that the devil should have a representation upon the earth" [Silence]
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