Buddhist for a Couple Days

I was a Buddhist for a couple days Got to nirvana, but I couldn't stay Went to a church and prayed for mercy divine To save my sorry behind But they just turned my other cheeks away See, since you been gone I kinda lost my way Now here I am, a red-blooded American cliché I was a Buddhist for a couple days See, when you left I nearly had myself a nervous breakdown They found me knee-deep in trash And breathing in and out of a brown paper bag I walked around a while And sat down lotus style Beneath a weeping willow and I cried Six days and nights Until I cried out every tear I had And I was a Buddhist for a couple days Got to nirvana, but I couldn't stay Went to a church and prayed for mercy divine To save my sorry behind But they just turned my other cheeks away See, since you been gone I kinda lost my way Now here I am, a red-blooded American cliché I was a Buddhist for a couple days Alright Well, you don't need to be some kind of monk To see this world has got you angry It sure seems easy to be easygoing When the going's easy as it seems for some But if you look inside your broken heart the right way You just might find a yin-yang Maybe more than one It's easy and it's free And all you gotta do is breathe Take it from me And I was a Buddhist for a couple days Got to nirvana, but I couldn't stay Went to a church and prayed for mercy divine To save my sorry behind But they just turned my other cheeks away See, since you been gone I kinda lost my way Now here I am, a red-blooded American cliché I was a Buddhist for a couple days Got to nirvana, but I couldn't stay Went to a church and prayed for mercy divine To save my sorry behind But they just turned my other cheeks away See, since you been gone I kinda lost my way Now here I am, a red-blooded American cliché I was a Buddhist for a couple days