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The Truth Comes Knocking

from The Mad Preacher by The Songs of Tom Smith

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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

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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

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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

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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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from The Mad Preacher, released January 18, 2021

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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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