Strength for Youth Song

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The following is an excerpt from a friend's blog:

CALLING ALL SONGWRITERS
Here's the dealio: I have to write a song based on a familiar and simple church song that Erik can play on the guitar (so not too many fast chord changes) about avoiding "bad movies." (When I say "bad movies" I mean adhering to the guidelines in the For the Strength of Youth booklet.) So far, the only valid suggestion I've received is to write it to the tune of "Pioneer Children" and say at the end something like, "And walk, and walk, and walk, and walk away." I have to write this by tomorrow morning! It can be painfully bad, as long as it is funny and gets the point across... any ideas?

I decided to help her out. Here is what I posted under the alias of "Sara":

Nephi's Courage #120

The Lord commands his children to remember who we are
Be above the filthy, and try to raise the bar
Movies and media can teach us how to sin
We must be courageous and not let Satan win.

Chorus:

To that show, I won't go
Even if friends want me to
I know the Spirit won't remain
If bad things I should view

I can be clean and pure
Bad movies I won't endure
I'll be who God wants me to be
and I'll always watch just "G"

Verse 2

The world has given us movies
to relax and entertain
If we are not careful then they can fry our brain
We start to think that what's bad is really good
And we fall in traps of not doing what we should

Chorus Repeated.

This was her response to my post:

While I got a lot of ideas... Sara's wins!! Who are you?? An angel? An answer to my prayers?!?!? Seriously, I don't care how much people make fun of blogging, in this situation, it has pulled through. Sara - GREAT JOB! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Erik and I practiced it a bunch last night, and with a few minor changes, it works perfectly!

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