Religion

I was on my knees again

Begging for my ways to change

But the truth I uncovered, the pressure I'm under

To please you has gone away

You're a temptress, you're to blame

For the guilt I can't displace

But though there's winters and summers

And so much has changed

You're the fortress for my shame

I was born in the shadows of preachers and saints

I was raised in a house of God

But the blood on my lips and the dirt on my face

Is all the religion I've got

Is all the religion I've got

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Is all the religion I've got

I was lost inside her arms

Tryin' to climb my way back out

But it ain't what you got or the buildings you bought

That'll save you from the sound

She's a needy harlequin

Built by greed and selfish men

Though it's easy to love her for all you discover

She's bound to fall again

I was born in the shadows of preachers and saints

I was raised in a house of God

But the blood on my lips and the dirt on my face

Is all the religion I've got

Oh, is all the religion I've got

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Is all the religion I've got