Front roomsBack roomsSlide into tablesCrowd into bathroomsJoke aroundCheap talkDeep talkTalk, talk, talk around the clockCrawl homeLie downTeeth chatterHeart poundsI don't feel so goodI don't feel so goodPush a button to escapePreacher on the tube crying "Lord!"There's evil in this land Evangelist:"Rock and roll music!""Cast down these dope-fiendsAnd there noisy bands!""Damn their souls!"Preacher preaching love like vengeancePreaching love like hateCalling for large donationsPromising estatesRolling lawns and angel bandsBehind the pearly gatesYou know, he will have his in this lifeBut yours will have to waitHe's immaculately tax free"Mulitiple hundreds of thousands of ..."Tax free"Hundreds and millions of dollars"Tax free"A hundred billion dollars!And who is paying the price?Who, who"Your children are"Pissed offJacked upScream into the mikeSpit into the loving cupStrut like a roosterMarch like a manGod's hired hands and the devil bandsPacking the same grandstandsDifferent clothes"Pot in their pockets!"Different hair"Sexually active"Raise a screaming guitar or a bible in the airTheatre of anguishTheatre of gloryGod's hired hands and the devil bandsOh come let us adore---ME!Lord, there's danger in this landYou get witch-hunts and warsWhen church and state hold handsFuck it!Tonight I'm going dancingWith the drag queens and the punksBig beat deliver meFrom this sanctimonious skunkWe're no flaming angelsAnd he's not heaven sentHow can he speak for the Prince of PeaceWhen he's hawk-right militantAnd he's immaculately tax free"Our nation has lost its guts!"Save me"Our nation has lost its strength"Tax free"Our nation has whimpered and cried"Save me"And petted the Castros"Tax free"The Khomeinis' and the Kaddafis'"Save me"For so long"Tax free"That we don't know how to act like a man"Save me"I think that we should turn the United States Marinesloose on that little island south of Florida andstop that problem!""I am preachin' love, I am!"© 1985 Crazy Crow Music BMI