Testo Religious Persuasion - Andy White
Testo della canzone Religious Persuasion (Andy White), tratta dall'album Andywhite.compilation
Protestant or Catholic?
Cried a voice from the crowd
Not you again, St Peter
I was thinking aloud
Should have packed my bags
Headed off for the coast
Had my time already come
To meet the heavenly host
They switched on their halos
Adjusted their harps
Checked that the blades on the pearly gates were sharp
I asked them what they meant about religious bent
They said "That's the testament, that's the testament"
They were given holy orders
I think you'll find
I was up against persuasion
Of the religious kind
You'll find
It was Hail Marys at the drop of a track
Set the seven deadly sins to sing "Run Amok"
I pondered on the churches of England and Rome
Hadn't paid the rent for my spiritual home
Needed guidance from the leaders
Whose names I knew
Archbishop and John Player number two
I quaked in my sackcloth
Threw away my joss stick
Burned my Koran and said I was agnostic
I mean an atheist I cried
As I moved in for the kill
The wolves tumbled on
As they handed me the bill
They weren't impressed with my distinctions
I think you'll find
That I was up against persuasion
Of the religious kind
A lamb to the slaughter
A human sacrifice
I told their spiritual leader
His sceptre looked nice
I hid my skin my ear
But I was only grazed
I dived for cover
As the song of five was blazed
In the gore I gasped
Was this something I'd said?
Then a solid granite altar
Hit me on the head
A collection plate
Plunged into my groin
They marched off discussing
The battle of the boin
As I expired I was thinking
They'd been rather unkind
But I was up against persuasion
Of the religious kind
Bleeding and naked
I was somewhat at a loss
The goose of Martin was out drinking
At the sign of the cross
Recalling their question
I felt totally alone
As I peered out from underneath
The tablets of stone
In the gutter lay the crushed remains of a Bible
It proclaimed their grievances were purely tribal
They made me see the light
For that I offer my thanks
I was collared by the dogs
Now I've joined their ranks
Former Christian soldiers
I hope you don't mind
Being affected by religion
Of the persuasive kind
Now if you're busy doing some Irish coin
A politician's head stuck in the groin
And the army bell ringing as a grave you're stoned
I said someone's got to stand up
Or nothing's going to change
Till religion is rearranged
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Writer(s): Andy White
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