In the Garden of Eden

"Bart Sells His Soul" (Medley)

Song Information Singers: Harry Shearer Pamela Hayden) Nancy Cartwright Dan Castellaneta Julie Kavner Cast Characters: Bart Reverend Lovejoy Homer Milhouse Marge Length: 2:04 Writer(s): Alf Clausen Doug Ingle Album: Songs in the Key of Springfield Appearance(s): Bart Sells His Soul

"Bart Sells His Soul" (Medley) is a 1968 rock song by Iron Butterfly. In the episode, "Bart Sells His Soul", Bart passes out this song in church as a hymn entitled "In the Garden of Eden," with composer credit given to "I. Ron Butterfly". In real life, the song was written by Doug Ingle. It is the thirty-fourth on the album Songs in the Key of Springfield and the track is a medley of the songs "From God's Brain to Your Mouth" (0:19) "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1:45).

Lyrics

From God's Brain to Your Mouth

Bart:

Hymns here! I got hymns here! Get 'em while they're holy, straight from God's brain to your mouth! (laughs evilly)

Reverend Lovejoy:

And now, please rise for our opening hymn, uhhh, "In the Garden of Eden" by I. Ron Butterfly.

=In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

(organist plays opening riff)

Congregation:

In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey,

Doncha know that I love you?

In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby,

Doncha know that I'll always be true.

(Bart laughs evilly)

Homer:

Hey, Marge, remember when we used to make love to this hymn?

(Marge giggles and then shushes Homer.)

(organist plays until the congregation comes back in)

Congregation:

Oh, wonchu come with me-hee-hee

And take my hand-a-and?

Oh, wonchu come with me-hee-hee

Reverend Lovejoy:

Wait a minute, this sounds like rock and/or roll!

And walk this land?

(organist plays the rest of the 17-minute song until she faints on the keyboards)

Reverend Lovejoy:

I know one of you is responsible for this. So repeat after me: "If I withhold the truth, may I go straight to Hell, where I will eat naught but burning hot coals and drink naught but burning hot cola...

Children:

"...where fiery demons will crush me in the back, where my soul will be chopped into confetti, strewn upon a parade of murderers and single mothers, where my tongue will be torn out by ravenous birds."

(bird shrieks)

Milhouse:

Bart did it! That Bart right there!

Bart:

Milhouse!

Reverend Lovejoy:

Milhouse, you did the right thing. Bart, come with me for punishment. You, too, Snitchy. (Milhouse gasps) I want you to clean every one of these organ pipes that you have befouled with your popular music.