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For The Love Of God

 

Wrap yourself in cotton wool and call it Sunday best 
Splendid clothes for little sheep no different East or West 
Let's go sing a hymn or two to put our minds at rest 
Let's go start to sin again just after we’ve confessed 

It’s just not right 
It’s just not right 

Let's formulate a method to make sure they keep our rules 
Let's dictate, indoctrinate in churches and in schools 
Let's threaten them with hellfire at the age of four or five 
Let's breed neurotic vegetables who’re scared to be alive 

It’s just not right 
It’s just not right 

 

Don’t ever dream that you’ll be more than second best 

You just can’t win - It’s just the way they set the test 

They only want to hear what puts their minds at rest 

 

It’s just not right 

It’s just not right 

So I can get to Heaven but I’ll have to earn my way ? 
I must trade in my principles or there’ll be Hell to pay 
I offer up my intellect and let you take control 
To fuck my head with promises of how to save my soul 

It’s just not right 
It’s just not right 
            
So talk to me about spacetime and the singularity ? 
It may not mean that much to you - It means a lot to me 
Guess its just confuses things the way that you perceive 
Guess its just the reason why I never could believe 

It’s just not right 
It’s just not right 

 

(Vocal Boo Boo on Recording :)) 

And somewhere down the line from cradle to the grave 

You realise that you just took but never gave 

That’s when you cry “Hey Jesus Christ I’m just a sinner -  

Won’t you save me ?” 


It's funny how each enemy keeps God upon their side 
To vindicate the slaughter and to justify the pride 
To put a bullet through your brain - To claim that’s its divine 
To kill and maim in Jesus’ name is just and good and fine 

It’s just not right 
It’s just not right 
      
So take a look around your world and see what it has caused 
This misinterpretation of your fundamental laws 
From Bethlehem to Babylon - From Belfast to Beirut 
We overcome and undermine and trample underfoot 

It’s just not right 
It’s just not right 

Don’t even try to think that you can mask the pain 
In faith - A mind disease for those without a brain 
Say “Hallelujah !  Jesus !  Mary !   
Won’t you save me once again ?” 
  
Wrap yourself inside your faith 
Your God will keep you nice and safe 
A drug to keep your mind disguised 
Oblivious - anaesthetized 
Faith is just a mask of fear 
Deep down you know that nothing’s clear 
So say a prayer and make your deal 
It may just help - If Hell is real 

For the love of God ? 
For the love of God ? 
For the love of God ? 
For the love of God ? 

© James Alan Gourley 2019. All rights reserved

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