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Come Down to the River
04:03
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CHORUS
Come down, come down to the river
For the holy, holy Spirit
Come down, come down to the river
In tongues, in tongues to speak it
Education’s contamination on the truth of God a curse
I don’t need to be ordained into any of your Churches
I was struck with fevers and spasms, hear the demons as they leave
M’only defense, Divine Intervention, pray u be healed
Pray and you’ll be healed
God will provide, don’t give me your money in church collection plates
Ministers forsake all possessions, for inspiration pray
Bible is the text, I am the mouthpiece, the Holy Spirit to teach
My only defense, Divine Intervention, pray and you’ll be healed (pray..)
CHORUS
Bridge
He will answer all your prayers
In his name for me swear
Inst
This Christian Life it is attractive, we dress with style and grace
With the power of Jesus I heal my flock, but they try to smear my name
Charged me with sexual perversion, sullied my esteem
My only defense, Divine Intervention, pray and you’ll be healed (pray..)
It takes 3 days to resurrect so we don’t report the deaths
Broke her arms n legs, put a pillow to her mouth, but she will rise again
Her cries are only the screams of the demons as they leave
My only defense, Divine Intervention, pray and you’ll be healed (pray..)
CHORUS
(speak in tongues)…. in his name for me swear
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The Soul is a Pittance
03:52
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The Soul is a Pittance
I used to play piano at Saturday night Burlesque
And see the same crowd at Sunday Church
Christians bring up Satan, say the Devil made me do it
As a Satanist you can take my word
CHORUS
The Soul is a pittance; Religion is Showbiz
Bow down to Greed and Lust
The Soul is a pittance; Let the flesh guide your decisions
In Satan and temptation you trust
Christians are spreading rumours about the House of Satan
You’re welcome to come in, pull up a pew
When anger has a cause, there’s no point in deflecting
A curse can hone in on the truth
CHORUS
For Satan’s benedictions and the blessings of Hell
Come forward and tell me what’s your dream
Your sexual fantasy? Just incant my spell
Let insatiable lust reign supreme
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America I Let You Down
04:54
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Tender warrior Jesus/We need our story fixed
To redeem a world so random/A rock where history’s built
Christ in the middle classes/Each family with a man as head
The Earth it is God’s Kingdom/He will love it to death
CHORUS
As it strikes you down, God’s Justice will be swift
My authority allows, as it strikes you down
Ever since the Depression/FDR’s New Deal
We need Discipline and not Mercy/His Right Hand will redeem
His left hook’s thrown in Judgement/Kennedy went splat
Vietnam, Crack and AIDS/9/11 and Iraq
CHORUS
Bridge
Oh America how I let you down
Look what I created, see the mess I made
Get your ass outta there
Jesus the experiment has/failed
We need another 9/11/Do you get my point?
A full revival of the spirit/ Really rock this joint
History’s horrors are just like God/when he spanks a child
Obedience is a gift from Him/The Holy Spirit will provide
Deny my time to speak/And the right to bear all arms
Judgement will rain down hard/But I am feeling calm
The trumpet sounds alarm/Before the Lord you stand
Joshua fought the Battle of Jericho/This is the Promised Land
CHORUS
Bridge
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Screaming hymns in Church, God forsaken noise
Kicked out of home for being a pansy boy
Joined a Minstrel Medicine Show, on my way to Hell
Donned a dress and I danced in the chorus girls
Bridge
If it don’t fit, don’t force it
You can grease it make it easy
I think, you know how to please me
I invented Rock n Roll, Rock n Roll is sex
Brought all the youth and the races together
Come along with me brother, on my way to Hell
Have sex with my woman and with me as well
Bridge
CHORUS
God can save an old homo like me
Wop bop a loo la wop bam boo
God can save an old homo like me
God can save you too
Angels held up my plane, glowing in the night
I saw fire in the sky, took it as a sign
Rock n roll it is evil, on my way to Hell
I gotta preach the truth, my God I nearly fell
CHORUS
Tutti Fruity Good booty….
Wop bop a loo la wop bam boo
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We re-built the gymnasium, under the church we’d meet
Everyone knew I had a knack with the youth, they gather at my feet
If it wasn’t me was it not God’s plan, the lack in your life to fill?
In the vestry we learned about sin, and gave into the thrill
CHORUS
God Is Not Ready to Forgive Me Yet
It used to be us against the world
I instructed you in boxing and you learnt to duck and weave
I only granted you what was always denied to me
You’d bide your time just like me if you were beaten black and blue
I was always there at the side of the ring tending to your wounds
CHORUS
I came and tutored you in Latin, when your mother was in trouble
And you’d mow my lawn and do my errands for extra pocket money
For your wedding I gave you a car and I helped you buy a house
I’m sorry I never return your calls, I suppose it’s too late now
The Bishop was my confessor and for an improper urge
I could pray if it eased the burden, such trivial concerns
The whispers from parishes near and far, there’s always one more chance
There’s a place for everyone in God’s Church now they just wash their hands
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The Truth Comes Knocking
03:34
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When the Mormons took me in, even called me Elder
Save up 7 grand, on a mission to Melbourne
Up at 5 to bed at 12, no identity or name
Door knocking, learn the mantra the Latter Day Saints
CHORUS
That’s how the truth is through the Gospel restored
That’s how the truth comes knocking, knocking at your door
No TV, books, radio, or masturbation allowed
Elder Cropernicky, I can smell it on the towels
Is masturbation a problem, the President always asks
No, I don’t find it hard at all, Cropernicky laughed
CHORUS
Arrange enough baptisms, don’t have to knock on doors
Told a family of refugees, they would be deported
Read the rules at the airport? I told a desperate lie
Gonna have to leave the country ‘less you get baptized
CHORUS
Came back to Brisbane, my local church
I went back on the dole they couldn’t touch my earnings
They found out I met my sister, a gay bar on the strip
None of them would talk to me, I’d been dis-fellowshipped
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To get an arrest I encourage him to do the crime
Gotta make him think I am one of his kind
A little bit of torture as an act of terror
Why does it matter when I do it again?
I am a spy and I’m on a mission from God
CHORUS
Bugger you, God and the Devil make Love
Bugger you to Kingdom come
Bugger you when God and the Devil make love
I got no problem dealing drugs for profit
A disrespect for the Law, I have to put a stop to it
I’m in bed with him it’s just an act of love
Crystal Meth all night see me keep it up
I am a spy and I’m on a mission from God
CHORUS
Just when I think I’m never gonna penetrate
Something pure and attractive in a suicide bomber’s face
It’s the twinkle in his eye
God and Allah are intertwined
I am a spy and I’m on a mission from God
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Satan is a Pussy
03:46
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I saw Satan written on a wall in red dripping paint
Boy that really scared me for sure, what is really at stake?
P’aps it was the devil himself, writing his name
Guilty of nothing more than graffiti, shame Lucifer shame
CH
Satan is a pussy, another spoiled brat
Come on little crybaby, come on scaredy cat
Satan is a pussy, taunt that little thug
Satan spits the dummy
Satans wants his Mummy
Good folk have reason for concern, a new craze goin’ round
Young ones get excitable, the devil is close at hand
Heavy Metal Music Lucifer’s favourite, God only knows why
It keeps young men off the street, under your watchful eye
CH
The heavy metal boys go on and on, the Devil is their Lord
You might find this frightening, I can tell you you’d be bored
When we were kids he lived round the corner -I went round there to play
I love to see him lose his shit cos he can’t get his way
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The Songs of Tom Smith Brisbane, Australia
The Songs of Tom Smith is a recording and performance project created by Tom in 2012. It has a large pool of musicians across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
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