I like to play this in D# standard, capo on 2nd fret. Feel free to criticize and
correct, I m open to it, as I m not sure about these, so please correct if need be.
It s a series of bars thrift stores and churches lining the streets
While women with gold crosses push kids into half-formed beliefs
And if Lot was righteous, I think I d rather not be
We lean on fences built from outdated morality
It s a gang mentality, it s a dangerous thing
They don t ask you to think, just to repeat after me
And assume you re too careless to look at it critically
You ll stop progress if it contradicts what you re told to believe
I refuse to spend life on my knees
These billboards that flaunt these scared tactics
Make me think you re only good if you re afraid of being punished
Every single Sunday, church bells wake me up
But it s never enough to pull me out of bed
The church on Main Street has got its doors painted red
And I guess it s so the Angel of Death passes over it on its way to get gas
The church over on Broad Street has got a neon sign that says Jesus Save Me
And I guess it s so God can see from where he is in the cheap seats
I refuse to spend life on my knees
I won t let somebody else
Somebody else
Somebody else
If we re all just Christians or lions
I think I d rather be on the side with sharper teeth
I don t need saving
