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The Song Challenge:   Here's a little story that Amos sent in for your 'songifying' enjoyment -- He calls it:  "If I Gave Myself To You . . ."  COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan man was seriously injured when he jumped naked into a lions' den at the national zoo, apparently offering himself up as a feast for the big cats, officials said Monday.  "The man...had written a letter before jumping into the enclosure saying he wanted to give 'alms' to the lions," said Senarath Gunasena, director of the National Zoological Gardens in the Colombo suburb of Dehiwala.  The man survived but the three lions in the den bit off parts of his arms, legs, chest and groin area. The incident occurred Sunday when the zoo was full of visitors.  The man was rescued by zoo staff and onlookers who beat garbage cans to frighten the lions away and took him to a nearby hospital where he was in intensive care. Sri Lanka's majority Buddhist population believes that giving alms can earn merit for future incarnations.


If I Give Myself To You by MMario

MMario's Comments:  This isn't the one I was thinking about last night; but I can't remember what tune it was I was going to set that one too, and it slipped away...tune for this one should be obvious.

If I give myself to you, would you promise not to chew?
And help me give some alms; 'cause I've been alive before
And I found that life was more, than just being a man

If I give my parts to you I must be sure
For the lion's part that you would incarnate much better

If I trust in you oh please don't eat and run
And the garbage cans, means they don't understand like you

'Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if my alms they were in vain

So I hope you see that I would love to feed you
And that I will try when I go into the zoo
And I give myself to you

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