Just a Venial Sin

Like a snake in the desert, you can shed your skin And you couldn't care less about a state I'm in Everything's right 'til you discover it's wrong And then you stomp your feet to a different song There's a bluebird singing all the cardinal hymns When no one's left you let the right one in Freedom wants whatever freedom gets He'd lay it down for the price of a cigarette There's a crack in the ice You're as subtle as a shotgun Now you're exposed Lying naked in the hot sun Ah, let's call it a win It's just a venial sin You said you'd swallow a gun When all the dyin' is done Since he turned fourteen, he'd been putting it away Got himself a one-way ticket for a penny a day Worked a part-time job on the lower east side Upper class dreams in a working-class mind Let's make a move Send 'im back to where he came from Before he's too old It's better in the long run Ah, we'll call it a win It's just a venial sin You said you'd swallow a gun When all the dyin' is done It's just a venial sin