Gawd, make it stop!
PS In 1987, when
Luka was popular, poor Lisa Steinberg was being beaten and eventually killed by Joel Steinberg while Hedda Nussbaum, who was also being abused, was apparently incapable of stopping him (this was a huge story in the NYC papers at the time, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Steinberg ). Anyway, not to get too down about things, I recall a really awful, maudlin piece of crap song from 1985 that some DJs were trying to palm off as a tribute to Lisa Steinberg and evidently an alternative to
Luka, a far superior song. It's the gack-inducing
Dear Mr. Jesus.
http://www.dayofthechild.org/dc98/lyric.htm
Dear Mr. Jesus, I just had to write to you
Something really scared me, when I saw it on the news
A story 'bout a little girl beaten black and blue
Jesus, thought I'd take this right to you
Dear Mr. Jesus, I don't understand
Why they took her mom and dad away
I know that they don't mean to hit with wild and angry hands
Tell them just how big they are I pray
Please don't let them hurt your children
We need love and shelter from the storm
Please don't let them hurt your children
Won't you keep us safe and warm
Dear Mr. Jesus, they say that she may die
Oh I hope the doctors stop the pain
I know that you could save her and take her up to the sky
So she would never have to hurt again
Please don't let them hurt your children..
Dear Mr. Jesus, please tell me what to do
And please don't tell my daddy
But my mommy hits me, too.
Please don't let them hurt your children...
There, now
that should kill this topic, once and for all.