Radio Religion - The Old Ceremony

It was early Sunday morning Everyone in the house was still asleep She made some toast and coffee Took a shower and made herself smell sweet She said, "I don't want a bus ride, I believe that the walk might help me think Got a heart kind of heavy I need some big hat and gloves, shoes and bag religion!" Religion That's my decision Some of that "make me feel better when I shout!" religion That's my decision Papa Henry was full of spice He was a man usually nice But something got into him last night Made him want to fuss and hollar The entire house was in a sweat His bottle got broken and the floor got wet "Clean it up!" you could hear him scream Then he said, "I'm going out" I need religion Religion That's my decision Some of that "raise up the roof, 90 proof" religion That's my decision Religion It's my decision, oh yes it is That's my decision It's the story about a good family Who doesn't live anymore in good harmony They are people who love their daughter and son They try to give them religion Little Billy likes his best friend Jack How in the world could he be like that Mama and Henry wanna have that chat Boy, you need religion Little Betty, whatcha gonna do? There's a child growing inside of you You should've stopped and thought things through Little girl you need a vision of religion Religion And that's my decision Some of that "how'd I get on Rikki Lake" religion That's my decision Religion Get a little, Religion Get a little Religion

Tu amor fue mi salvación Tu amor como creer en Dios Como creer en dios Como creer en Dios Si me mantengo en pie es por ella Por mi gitana canastera que bien me hizo Amarte es una religión Y uno la siente con pasión Tanto te debo Tanto te amo Siento que crecen más con los años Los dos bien cogidos de la mano Podemos con lo malo Contigo lo tengo todo Más no le pido a la vida Hasta el tiempo se me para Cuando tú me miras Y es que me mantiene firme Mi verdad más verdadera Es que tu amor me hace bien Como la primavera Ni por to' el oro del mundo te cambio Las riquezas yo la tengo en mi cuarto Rosario, Triana, mi vida Muestro mi corazón Nadie me lo quita con estos sentimientos muero yo No habrá otra mujer, solo tú y yo Sólo tú sabes hacerme feliz Mis deseos son siempre contigo Este amor es eterno Tuyo lo que tengo cariño Este amor es eterno (este amor es eterno) Como un hada te siento, lo que tengo Contigo lo tengo todo Mas no le pido a la vida Y hasta el tiempo se me para Cuando tú me miras Y es que me mantiene firme Mi verdad más verdadera Es que tu amor me hace el bien Como la primavera Gracias por sacarme de ese mundo de mentiras Y regalarme los mejores años de mi vida Siento orgullo cuando pienso en todos tus detalles Buena esposa, buena hija y mejor madre Gitana que hubiera sido de mi sin ti Con lo golfo que era Sacaste lo mejor de mi Sanaste mi alma llenaste de paz y calma Un corazón perdido en cosas malas Contigo lo tengo todo Mas no le pido a la vida Hasta el tiempo se me para Cuando tú me miras Y es que me mantiene firme Mi verdad más verdadera Es que tu amor hace el bien Como la primavera

Father, can you hear me? How have I let you down? I curse the day that I was born And all the sorrow in this world Let me take you to the herding ground Where all good men are trampled down Just to settle a bet that could not be won Between a prideful father and his son Will you guide me now? For I can't see A reason for the suffering and this long misery What if every living soul could be upright and strong? Well then I do imagine There will be sorrow Yeah, there will be sorrow And there will be sorrow no more When all soldiers lay their weapons down Or when all kings and all queens relinquish their crowns Or when the only true messiah rescues us from ourselves It's easy to imagine There will be sorrow Yeah, there will be sorrow And there will be sorrow no more There will be sorrow Yeah, there will be sorrow And there will be sorrow no more Yeah, there will be sorrow Yeah, there will be sorrow And there will be sorrow no more

A sullen figure walks along a dusty road His life was holy, and he couldn't bear the load He left his people and a simple life behind He raised his torso and he looked into the sky Shouting his questions Looking for directions "What do I do now?" Now a confused school girl stares at the TV tray The stresses of maturing compound everyday She glances up to see her favorite video And gets ideas from Madonna's nasty clothes In need of affection She craves the direction her heroes offer her Everyone's looking for something And they all assume somebody else knows what it is No one can live with the decisions of their own It seems, so they look to someone else To tell 'em what to be Tell 'em what to wear, tell 'em what to say Tell 'em how to act and think, compel others compulsively Until the world is all like them A righteous student came and asked me to reflect He judged my lifestyle was politically incorrect I don't believe in self-important folks who preach No Bad Religion song can make your life complete Prepare for rejection You'll get no direction from me You'll get no direction from me You'll get no direction from me

Believer" First things first I'mma say all the words inside my head I'm fired up and tired of the way that things have been, oh ooh The way that things have been, oh ooh Second things second Don't you tell me what you think that I could be I'm the one at the sail, I'm the master of my sea, oh ooh The master of my sea, oh ooh I was broken from a young age Taking my sulking to the masses Writing my poems for the few That look at me, took to me, shook to me, feeling me Singing from heartache from the pain Taking my message from the veins Speaking my lesson from the brain Seeing the beauty through the... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer Pain! Oh let the bullets fly, oh let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Third things third Send a prayer to the ones up above All the hate that you've heard has Turned your spirit to a dove, oh ooh Your spirit up above, oh ooh I was choking in the crowd Building my rain up in the cloud Falling like ashes to the ground Hoping my feelings, they would drown But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing Inhibited, limited Till it broke open and rained down And rained down, like... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer Pain! Oh let the bullets fly, oh let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Last things last By the grace of the fire and the flames You're the face of the future, the blood in my veins, oh ooh The blood in my veins, oh ooh But they never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing Inhibited, limited Till it broke open and rained down And rained down, like... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer Pain! Oh let the bullets fly, oh let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

Do you have reservations You know I do too I just can't be sure anymore of counting on you Do you have reservations Well you're not alone I can tell that you do It's sad but it's true Something is wrong And I don't know what I'm gonna do When you finally come home Do you have reservations Have they been there a while Do they swim in your head When you're lying in bed And you quietly smile Do you have reservations When you hand me the keys Do you wish they would go And leave us alone To do as we please Do they take on a life of their own Like some kind of disease Do you have reservations Concerning our love Do they whisper beware When I touch your hair and kiss you goodnight Do you have reservations Do they eat at your heart Do they poison your wine Do they cloud up your mind Do they tear you apart well I don't know what I'm gonna do The next time that they start Well I don't know what I'm gonna do The next time that they start No I don't know what I'm gonna do the next time that they start

I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now I cried all I could afford But now my crying time's ending That's the message I'm sending out I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now Everybody's got their own excuses I know I've had mine too But I'm not gonna let a few bumps and bruises Keep me from breaking through I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now I got no new to report But I can feel something's growing I can feel something's going down I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now Everybody's got their own excuses I know I've had mine too But I'm not gonna let a few bumps and bruises Keep me from breaking through I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love now I cried all I could afford But now my crying time's ending That's the message I'm sending out I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love now I'm gonna find me a new love now I'm gonna find me a new love Find something true, love Find me a new love I got my papers in order Gonna find me a new love Gonna find me a new love, now