Well he could almost taste the money   But he was sitting in a den of thieves   Looking for the great awakening   Trying to find a way to leave   But that's when he got religion   And the light went on inside   He said somebody up there likes me   Now he's working for the holy guide      He got drunk but he don't remember   That he'd been drinking in a bar downtown   When he thought he heard a choir of angels   Singing in the Tiki Lounge   And that's when he got religion   From no salesman on TV   Just a tap on the shoulder in the parking lot   He still drinks but he does believe      Religion, you do the best you can   We all make the same mistakes   We're gonna wind up with the man      Religion, oh you do the best you can   We all make the same mistakes   We're gonna wind up with the man      She was silent as he paid her   But the thanks she got was next to none   And as her car pulled out of the motel   She felt the presence of someone   And that's when she got religion   In the front of a compact Ford   Just a gentle voice on the stereo   Now she's a working girl who loves the lord