Song Description

Upbeat tongue-in-cheek Blues/Rock with a little attitude.

Lyrics

They read the Bible in a room down the hall
Everybody's there but me
I'm a pretty nice guy, so I don't understand why
Nobody's askin' for my company.

I guess I'm not the perfect example
of the world's most virtuous man.
Maybe someone heard me say a bad word
But I'm doin' the best I can.

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Well the things that I don't wanna do, I do
and the things I wanna do, I don't
When you've been livin' like a slave it's hard to behave.
I can promise I will but we all know that I won't.
Maybe you can say that you're doin' okay
and you got everything that you need
Where I come from, we got a hospital just for the sick
and a church for the sinners like me

Well I finally got my invitation
when they decided I was holy enough.
They said "You seemed a little reckless til we saw your cross necklace
Now maybe you can be one of us!"
I wouldn't follow where they were goin'
I couldn't fathom where they'd been
They were gettin' dressed for Heaven
You can bet that they were bettin'
St. Peter wouldn't let me in.

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BRIDGE:
For me, the way that they live's a little too exclusive
and I don't share their confidence;
A man in my position needs a Heavenly physician,
a scriptural prescription is the only defense