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Helen Johnson made a lovely piece of cheesecakeAnd the folks would come from miles around to sample her delightsSome swore it was the cracker crust and some the sour creamBut Helen Johnson kept her secret locked up tightLate one night upon returning from her shopping a the marketHelen Johnson propped her groceries right there by the kitchen sinkUnloaded secret cheeses in a pile there by the windowAnd proceeded to sit down to have a drinkIt was just then that her next door neighbor hit his outdoor porchlightAnd through the kitchen window cast a beam across the cheesesHelen Johnson dropped her lemonade, for there upon the fridge doorWas the spitting image silhouette of Jesus"It's a sign, have mercy on my soul, a sign" cried Helen Johnson"I've been waiting all my life for such a vision, such a sight"And with her eyes transfixed upon that white and ghostly cooling unitShe began her lonely vigil late that nightShe awoke there in the kitchen sometime early the next morningNot remembering just quite what was all the botherBut there it was again, and now this time in broadest daylightAn authentic Sears and Roebuck Holy FatherSoon the party lines in Chapel Grove were buzzing with excitementLetras de cancionesAnd all roads to Helen's driveway were backed up for several milesOpinions flew like flocks of birds in every which directionSome saw smudges, some saw smears, and some saw smilesThe Governor soon arrived there with the Mayor and someone else 'nThey began to theorize what they were thinkin'The former said the silhouette looked more like Willy NelsonBut the latter two were leaning towards Abe Lincoln"It's a sign, have mercy on my soul, a sign" cried Helen JohnsonBut the minister of Chapel Grove dissented his defiance"It's nothing personal Helen, but the coming of the Lord" he saidWon't be on someone's major home appliance."Well, the brouhaha, the hubbub, the commotion and the rumpusTook an awfully awfully long time to die down and go awayBut Helen was inspired, she was cranking out those cheesecakes'Cause she sold about two dozen that first dayAnd there every day thereafter, the demand was growing higherSuch that every home in Chapel Grove was helping with the choreAnd soon the daily count was up to seven hundred sixty nineSo Helen opened up a cheesecake storeOf course everyone in Chapel Grove was giving free advice nowTelling Helen what she should or shouldn't do there on her ownAnd the need to advertise got Helen Johnson thinking twice nowSo she called up Sam the Sign Man on the phone"I need a sign, have mercy on my soul, a sign" cried Helen Johnson"Can you make me up a sign that's made to order"Sam reflected, he was clever, once he lived in New York City, said"I think so, but the name it should be shorter."Well, to make a lengthy story brief, she did what Sam suggestedAnd the net result would ultimately please hereFor where others saw confusion Helen Johnson saw her SaviorRight there on the front door of her kitchen freezer"It was a sign, have mercy on my soul, a sign" reflected HelenWho became a wealthy person with her favorite recipeFor Helen Johnson had the common sense to put her faith in cheesesAnd went on to change her name to"Sarah Lee" From Letras Mania