God Awful

I don’t believe that Heaven has no mansions of gold
I bet it’s made up of little run down shacks
Like the place where I was born

Heaven’s for the poor
This earth is for the rich
That’s why everyone you meet
Is such a low down son of a bitch

All them rich fuckers with their money piled up high
I can’t wait to see ’em suffer
When the Lord comes down from on high
He’ll tear out their lungs then he’ll rip out their miserable eyes
And I’ll be right there just laughing by his side

Heaven’s for the poor
This earth is for the rich
That’s why everyone you meet
Is such a low down son of a bitch
They think they got us where they want us
But all it takes is just one moment
For them all to die and burn eternally

I don’t really care who hears me talking this way
I’ve got a voice so I’ll say just what I want to say
It’s time you got it through them holes
In the sides of your head
When it comes to living boys rich folks are better off dead

Heaven’s for the poor
This earth is for the rich
That’s why everyone you meet
Is such a low down son of a bitch

They think they got us where they want us
But all it takes is just one moment
For them all to die and burn eternally

Only kind of song I ever want to sing
Are sad songs
Only way I ever want to do nothing
Is all wrong

I was raised by wolves in a deep dark cave
I was taught to be no man’s slave
Now I remain
Untamed

Everybody thinks I’m lying
Say I’m uncouth
If you can’t believe the things I’m telling you
They must be the truth

I was raised by wolves in a deep dark cave
I was taught to be no man’s slave
Now I remain
Untamed

In July I like to try swinging through
The treetops
Cursing growling howling
’Til the vicious sun drops

I was raised by wolves in a deep dark cave
I was taught to be no man’s slave
Now I remain
Untamed

Started drinking at ten
And I didn’t stop again
’Til the bottle was empty
As my life has been
Then I stumbled outside
And I got in my car
Thought I’d go driving
I didn’t get very far

Drinking alone
Gets me in trouble
Drinking alone
Oh I want to see double

Trapped in this body
With no chance of escape
Poisoned by sorrow
Misery and hate
So I called up my mama
I said “Mama I’m tired.
Sing me to sleep now
My brain is so wired.”

Drinking alone
Gets me in trouble
Drinking alone
Oh I want to see double

All the lights went out
I seen you there
Gnawing on tobacco leaves
And grinning
Why was the farm foreclosed
I thought you had the cash
Did you lose it some place strange
I wonder?
Severed wires to the house
I don’t think that they work
No buzzing electricity
It’s eerie

Family full of failure
Proud to lose

Grandpa’s sleeping near the shed
Beneath a wooden cross
I never liked that awful man
He hit me
Grandma carved a totem poll
‘Bout twenty stories high
It looked down on our meager work
And shuddered
The outhouse door is busted in
There is no privacy
Papa will not get it fixed
It’s shameful

Family full of failure
Proud to lose

Pushed my sweetheart on a swing
She fell and skinned her knee
Uncle said it was my fault
It wasn’t
Do not spoil children
Or they’ll grow to be obscene
Yesterday’s a frightful thing
To ponder
Coonskin cap with colt dragoons
Don’t try to feed me ham
The Donner party lost their way
Be careful

Family full of failure
Proud to lose

Soon the beast shall be released from its cage
And it will come hunting
You are its spawn, but not its pawn little darlin’
It’s not much but it’s something
After all it put you through
I will fight for you

It preys upon the meek, the weak, the young
It worships chaos
It knows just where to hit to hurt you most
It finds where you’re lost
After all it put you through
I will fight for you
I want to be there as you grow
It will be a struggle
I know

It mixes cruel lies with shards of truth
It makes you wonder
Forge the armor, strike the battle axe
It roars like thunder
After all it put you through
I will fight for you

I want to be there as you grow
It will be a struggle
I know

What’s in it for me?
That’s what I want to know
If I pull your legs out from under this car
You got some money to pay a small fee?
I don’t work for nothing
What’s in it for me?

What’s in it for me?
What’s in it for me?

What’s in it for me if I call the police?
They’ll just lock me up
And smash in my teeth
I’m drunk on parole
I’ll never be free
So tell me oh buddy
What’s in it for me?

What’s in it for me?
What’s in it for me?

What’s in it for me if I help you live
It’s just too much hassle to ever forgive
I’ll just drive away
I know that you see
It’s my life or yours pal
What’s in it for me?

What’s in it for me?
What’s in it for me?

There is no logic in the human mind
None of God’s creatures so willfully blind
Here in the Kingdom Of Lucifer

Funny white dresses they wear in the Klan
Cheap is the price of the soul of a man
Here in the Kingdom Of Lucifer
Ohh ohh ohhh
Ohh ohh ohhh

Rapists roam shamelessly like sewer rats
Some people so stupid they think the earth is flat
Here in the Kingdom Of Lucifer

Trust not the word of a fat, wealthy pig
Whose heart is so small and whose mouth is so big
Here in the Kingdom Of Lucifer
Ohh ohh ohhh
Ohh ohh ohhh

Redemption angel
Fall to the earth and rescue me
From this empty debauchery
I’m begging please

Redemption angel
There’s nowhere else that I can turn
For I am ready now to learn
A different way

When you’re on the midnight path
You cannot see which way you’re going
Until you’ve reached your journey’s end
And learned the truths you’re best not knowing

Redemption angel
Of wicked things I want no more
Turn the key and lock the door
Let no one in

Redemption angel
In this discordant tune of sin
Your tender voice is like a hymn
It soothes the beast

When you’re on the midnight path
You cannot see which way you’re going
Until you’ve reached your journey’s end
And learned the truths you’re best not knowing

Will I rise up from my grave?
Is it too late to be saved?
Save me
Save me

Redemption angel
Into struggle we are born
Our innocence so cruelly torn
And pulverized

Redemption angel
Though I have always chosen wrong
This one time I’ll wait for dawn
Defy the night

When you’re on the midnight path
You cannot see which way you’re going
Until you’ve reached your journey’s end
And learned the truths you’re best not knowing

Will I rise up from my grave?
Is it too late to be saved?
Save me
Save me

I felt the sting of a night thorn
Walking through tangled weeds
I felt the sting of a night thorn
Its poison knocked me to my knees
I can’t get it out
It’s stuck in my soul
Gabriel blow your trumpet boy
I’m coming home

I felt the sting of a night thorn
My body was swarmed by the roots
I felt the sting of a night thorn
Pulled me right out of my boots
I can’t get it out
It’s stuck in my soul
Gabriel blow your trumpet boy
I’m coming home

Hallelujah

I felt the sting of a night thorn
My flesh oozing off ’neath my nails
I felt the sting of a night thorn
Alas, so it goes, happy trails
I can’t get it out
It’s stuck in my soul
Gabriel blow your trumpet boy
I’m coming home

Hallelujah

The letter it came in the mail today
I could not believe what it said
“Your brother has drowned in the ocean
His plane was shot down he is dead.”
So I ran to the arms of my mother
She met me with tears in her eyes •”Why couldn’t it be you?” she did whisper
Then she closed the door with a sigh

Brother is dead, brother is dead
Now I’m all alone in the world

I went to the bar for some liquor
But the barman he turned me away •”Get out of here you’re a loser.”
Was all that bald man had to say
When I stepped outside it was raining
And it chilled me right down to the bone
A girl yelled out from a window •”I hope that you die from the cold.”

Brother is dead, brother is dead
Now I’m all alone in the world

So I went for to buy an umbrella
From the old general store near the jail
But the shopkeeper laughed at my money
And said “whatever you do you will fail.”
Back outside it was hailing
Lightning it flashed all around
I slipped and I fell on the sidewalk
And lay there without making a sound

Brother is dead, brother is dead
Now I’m all alone in the world
Brother is dead, brother is dead
Now I’m all alone in the world

As I sit here tonight in confession, Lord
I don’t know where to begin
I done so many god awful things in my day
I destroyed both strangers and kin
That mean old judge found me guilty
Of the only crime I didn’t do
Said “Let the electric chair
Burn your sins away.”

Confession
Confession

A lynch mob has gathered outside my cell
Oh I can hear ’em screaming my name
They got rope, they got pitchforks, shovels and guns
Think they can make this beast in me tame
But my spirit won’t die
Though my body grows cold
No it will rise up
And continue my evil game

Confession
Confession

An honest man he will struggle to get through this life
In the end he won’t have a dime
Terrible things often happen to those pure of heart
Without meaning, without reason or rhyme
So Holy Father I don’t repent
For nothing I done
Fact is I had me
A pretty good time

Confession
Confession

Now let me name you them seven deadly sins
One: Pride
Two: Greed
Three: Lust
Four: Envy
Five: Gluttony
Six: Wrath
Seven: Sloth
Yeah I been guilty of ’em all
All them seven deadly sins