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Well I was born an original sinner
I was borne from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin
My mother told me good, my mother told me strong
She said, be true to yourself and you can't go wrong
But there's just one thing that you must understand
You can fool with your brother
But don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Oh, the missionary man, he's got God on his side
He's got the saints and apostles backing up from behind
Black eyed looks from those Bible books
He's a man with a mission, got a serious mind
There was a woman in the jungle and a monkey on a tree
The missionary man, he was following me
He said, stop what you're doing, get down upon your knees
I've a message for you that you better believe
Well I was born an original sinner
I was borne from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money
Don't mess with a missionary man
Missionary man
Missionary man
Missionary man
Don't mess with a missionary man
Missionary man
| Darkmatter (In your system) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 00:16 Ah, I remember seeing Annie in the video for this song woke up some *ahem* certain sensations in my young self when I first saw it way back in the 80's. And for that, I will always remember it fondly. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 12:34 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| whomhow (changeable) | Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 11:36 sounds like some INXS hits |
| KermitDfrog (Los Angeles, CA) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 10:18 I was about to walk away from my cubicle when this started and made me sit back down. |
| NeuroGeek (Just Way Out There) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 14:05 Definitely not their or her best, but Annie Lennox's voice always blows me away, regardless of what style she's using. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 14:05 Man, oh man, oh MAN! Have mercy! Great set of non-traditional Rock and Roll, Bill! Thanks for a nice end to my workday ... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 20:12 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 02:42 Saw them in a very small venue,boy she was hot and the band as tight as tight can be. i have a thing for red bras.. |
| Nerubo (Denver, CO) | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 12:11 I've always liked this song. I like how Bill doesn't let the decade, by itself, affect his judgement of what a good song is. Granted, the 80s are probably the decade with the fewest tracks on RP, but that's a Good Thing. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Aug 19, 2011 - 12:00 They seem like really nice people, but I am sorry I could never stand anything either of these guys have ever done! No sir, don't like it. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 06:44 She hit me like a ton of bricks way back in the day ... and probably all male MTV watchers back then. Attitude, clothes, shoes, haircut, and what a voice. Oh yeah, the band was really good, too. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 19:39 coy wrote: thank the lord for annie lennox 7 + 1 for playing |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 11:00 We turned the volume wayyyy up and started dancing... this song is from 1986... love it... |
| listen_n_sf | Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 10:57 Simply unbearable. |
| pixelpeda (Austria) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 04:35 This song is cheap - but in the most likeable way! |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 04:33 whtahtefcuk wrote: the wife quote just before I hit mute.... "Oh God Bill this is the bottom of the barrel." |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 04:32 Tommyknocker wrote: This song sucked in the '80s too. Yes surrrr! |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 14:47 Stingray wrote: FUCK ALL FREAKIN' MISSIONAIRY MEN! FREE JULIAN! dude can you calm down ?? you sound like a missionary man |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 14:43 FUCK ALL FREAKIN' MISSIONAIRY MEN! FREE JULIAN! |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 14:41 thank the lord for annie lennox |
| tryallmusic (sunny Seattle) | Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 14:40 deserves a higher rating .. |
| komainu (Iowa City, IA) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 08:15 Mmm, nice Friday pick-me-up. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 07:55 Is this about Tom Cruise and "SCIEN"TOLOGY, believe-believe-believe-believe-believe.... money-money-money-money-money...? |
| farley (Bushey, UK) | Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 07:39 exercise class ... to this ... no, back to bed for me ... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 10:43 This song is cool... |
| akoj | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 05:40 Bill, what a nice nighttime collection! I love all those retro song you played during the last hours...even though it's daytime in Europe. |
| Zifto (Saint-Georges Beauce) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 04:05 Great song ! |
| Tommyknocker (Corrales, New Mexico) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 04:04 This song sucked in the '80s too. |
| colt4x5 (hi, deb.) | Posted: Dec 26, 2009 - 17:56 rtb wrote: "Dear Mr. Byrne: You know you're the RP punching bag when....." As for this song. Sadly murdered by commercial radio overplay. one play is overplay. this song was murdered by recording it. |
| colt4x5 (hi, deb.) | Posted: Dec 26, 2009 - 17:55 iscoot4peace wrote: How embrrassing to have this train wreck of a "song" on your "greatest hits" collection. 1 even the harmonica sucks. |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 08:27 How embrrassing to have this train wreck of a "song" on your "greatest hits" collection. 1 |
| sqqqrly (Baboosic Lake, NH) | Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 07:56 DaveInVA wrote: Not exactly my cup -o-tea but better than David Bryne/Talking Heads anyways... Need to borrow a "blunt gardening tool"? |
| redstorm (East Coast!........ Lou!) | Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 07:55 Conversly as opposed to CREAMY, this is more Half/Half, as a follow up to Tull's A New Day Yesterday |
| rtb (NE corner of Work and Boredom) | Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 07:54 DaveInVA wrote: Not exactly my cup -o-tea but better than David Bryne/Talking Heads anyways... "Dear Mr. Byrne: You know you're the RP punching bag when....." As for this song. Sadly murdered by commercial radio overplay. |
| Rob_S (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 07:54 I remember this song from exercise class 20-some years ago. It was one of my favorites. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 07:53 crockydile wrote: What the hell is this song about?? XX X-rated ! |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 08:36 Not exactly my cup -o-tea but better than David Bryne/Talking Heads anyways... |
| crockydile (I miss Excelsior!) | Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 08:36 What the hell is this song about?? |
| jbunniii (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 08:35 Nice! I haven't heard this in eons. It has held up way better than I would have thought. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 20:41 redtex wrote: Talent. Strength. Passion. Packaged with interesting lyrics....what's not to like? You said it! |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 20:29 the wife quote just before I hit mute.... "Oh God Bill this is the bottom of the barrel." |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Jul 22, 2009 - 06:07 tro_73 wrote: I've always loved this song :)) I've always loved Annie! |
| tro_73 (Barcelona living in Stockholm) | Posted: Jun 20, 2009 - 10:45 I've always loved this song :)) |
| komainu (Iowa City, IA) | Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 13:10 ![]() |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 23:51 Frater_Kork wrote: Oh Hells Yeah! For Sures! |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Jan 13, 2009 - 07:03 Oh Hells Yeah! |
| a_genuine_find (Nieuw Amsterdam) | Posted: Nov 11, 2008 - 03:20 randomprime wrote: Uh, no. Chimpanzees. Is the UK's public school system as hopeless as ours in the US? Uh, no, Bonobo's I believe. |
| lwilkinson (North Am-Home of the Last of the Rugged Individualists) | Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 12:34 a_genuine_find wrote: ![]() Looking at this picture reminds me of talking to my idiot teenagers, "But DAAAAAAAD! Your generation couldn't possibly have invented SEX! You old foggies just aren't cool enough." So now we know the truth ...................... These really WERE the first............... ![]() |
| DigitalJer (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Oct 10, 2008 - 12:34 Got a soft spot for Annie Lennox as a solo artist, and with the Eurythmics. Great stuff, well done - some of it was pop-ish, but there is such a thing as great pop. Music can be enjoyable, brilliant even, and toe-tapping without 'society sucks' or 'love hurts' type messages. |
| alux (atop the pyramid) | Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 22:29 Inaccurate taxonomy isn't funny either, apeman. rtrudeau wrote: Well, Missionary Chimpanzees isn't funny, now is it? |

You said it! 

