All American Prophet

**All american prophet** is the seventh song in the 2011 musical *The Book of Mormon*. It is sung by Elders Price and Cunningham as they tell the African villagers about Joseph Smith and the Mormon's history

## Lyrics

**(Elder Price):** You all know The Bible is made of Testaments old and new

You've been told it's just those two parts, or only one if you're a Jew,

But what if I were to tell you, there's a fresh third part out there

Which was found by a hip new prophet, who had a little 'Donny Osmond' flair

Have you heard of the All-American prophet?

The blonde-haired, blue-eyed voice of God!

He didn't come from the Middle East like those other holy men

No, God's favorite prophet was All-American!

I'm gonna take you back to Biblical times, 1823

An American man named Joe livin' on a farm

In the holy land of Rochester, New York

(You mean the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith?)

That's right, that young man spoke to God!

(He spoke to God?)

And God said, "Joe, people really need to know

That the Bible isn't two parts

There's a part three to The Bible, Joe!

And I, God, have anointed you to dig up this part three

That is buried by a tree on the hill in your backyard!"

Wow! God says go to your backyard and start digging

That makes perfect sense!

Joseph Smith went up on that hill and dug where he was told

And deep in the ground, Joseph found shining plates of gold!

What are these golden plates? Who buried them here, and why?

Then appeared an angel, his name was Moroni

(I am Moroni)

The All-American angel

(All-American)

My people lived here long, long ago!

(So long ago)

This is the history of my race, please read the words within

We were Jews who met with Christ, but we were All-American!

But don't let anybody see these plates except for you

They're only for you to see

Even if people ask you to show the plates to them, don't

Just copy them onto normal paper

Even though this might make them question if the plates are real or not

This is sort of what God is going for

Joseph took the plates home and wrote down what he found inside

He turned those plates into a book, then rushed into town and cried

"Hey! God spoke to me and gave me this blessed ancient tome!

He hath commanded me to publish it and stick it in every home!"

Wow! So the Bible is actually a trilogy

And the Book of Mormon is Return of the Jedi? I'm interested!

Now, many people didn't believe the prophet Joseph Smith

They thought he made up this part three

That was buried by a tree on a hill in his backyard

(Liar!)

But Joe said, "This is no lie

I speak to God all the time, and he told me to head West!

So, I'll take my part three from the hill with the tree

Feel free if you'd like to come along with me to the promised land!"

(The promised land?)

Paradise! On the West Coast

Nothing but fruit and fields, as far as the eye can see!

Have you heard of the All-American prophet?

He found a brand-new book about Jesus Christ!

We're following him to paradise, we call ourselves Mormon

And our new religion is All-American!

**Elder cunningham:**Wow! How much does it cost?

The Mormons kept on searching for that place to settle down

But every time they thought they'd found it, they got kicked out of town

And even though people wanted to see the golden plates

Joseph never showed 'em!

**Villager:**I have maggots in my scrotum (um... okay)

Well, anyway

Now comes the part of our story that gets a little bit sad

On the way to the promise land, Mormons made people mad

Joseph was shot by an angry mob! and knew he'd soon be done

You must lead the people now, my good friend, Brigham Young

Oh, God, why are you letting me die?

Without having me show people the plates?

They'll have no proof I was telling the truth or not

They'll have to believe it just 'cause oh!

I guess that's kinda what you were going for

The prophet Joseph Smith died for what he believed in

But his followers, they kept heading west

And Brigham Young led them to paradise

A sparkling land in Utah, they called, 'Salt Lake City!'

And there, the Mormons multiplied and made big Mormon families

Generation to generation until finally, they made me

And now it's my job to lead you where those early settlers were

Led long ago!

**Ugandans:**Have you heard of the All-American prophet? (Kevin Price!)

Who's next in line to be the voice of God! (My best friend!)

He's gonna do something incredible and be Joseph Smith again!

'Cause Kevin Price, the prophet, is all, all, all, All-American!

**Elder Cunningham:**If you order now, we'll also throw in a set of steak knives!

**All:**All-American!