Right Words, Wrong Song

The Christians ate the lions, the crowd roared in silence

They sang the right words to the wrong song

Congress argued all night to vote black into white

They wrote the right words to the wrong song

A young mother sits alone; the young father has flown

Sang her the right words to the wrong song

The melody goes like this

But the beat goes like that

You’ve heard the chorus before

And it keeps comin’ back

Some claim to walk on the water, then lead the lambs to the

slaughter

They sing the right words to the wrong song

The lead singer at the mic wants so badly to be liked

He’ll sing the right words to the wrong song

Repeat Bridge

Just stay with me tonight, I’ll let you sing what you like

Even the right words to the wrong

We’ll sing the wrong words to the right

We’ll sing the right words to the wrong song