Pot Bellied Buddha

Album: Metafiction (2006)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is not about the Buddha of Buddhism. It was written to illustrate the way people keep God on a shelf like a statue and only when they find themselves in trouble over their heads do they take him down and beg for his help; but once the emergency is past, he's back on the shelf again. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Eireann - Las Vegas, NV

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