American Jesus

Album: Recipe for Hate (1993)
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  • I don't need to be a global citizen
    Because I'm blessed by nationality
    I'm member of a growing populace
    We enforce our popularity
    There are things that seem to pull us under
    And there are things that drag us down
    But there's a power and a vital presence
    That's lurking all around

    We've got the American Jesus
    See Him on the interstate
    We've got the American Jesus
    He helped build the president's estate

    I feel sorry for the earth's population
    'Cause so few live in the USA
    At least the foreigners can copy our morality
    They can visit but they cannot stay
    Only precious few can garner the prosperity
    It makes us walk with renewed confidence
    We've got a place to go when we die
    And the architect resides right here

    We've got the American Jesus
    Fostering their shame on faith
    We've got the American Jesus
    Overwhelming millions every day

    He's the farmers barren fields
    The force the army wields
    The expression in the faces of the starving millions
    The power of the man he's the fuel that drives the clan
    He's the motive and conscience of the murderer
    He's the preacher on TV, the false sincerity
    The form letter that's written by the big computers
    The nuclear bombs and the kids with no moms
    And I'm fearful that He's inside me

    We've got the American Jesus
    See Him on the interstate
    We've got the American Jesus
    Exercising His authority

    We've got the American Jesus
    Fostering their shame on faith
    We've got the American Jesus
    Overwhelming millions every day, yeah

    (One nation, under God, one nation, under God, one nation, under God)
    (One nation, under God, one nation, under God, one nation, under God)
    (One nation, under God, one nation, under God, one nation, under God)
    (One nation, under God, one nation, under God) Writer/s: BRETT W. GUREWITZ, GREG GRAFFIN
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 3

  • Charles E. Barr from TexasBad Religion, pretty timeless.
  • D Allen from CaliforniaOne of the greatest responses to republicans in this country, and religious nuts sad part they still think the same as then and now.
  • Patty from China Town, United KingdomHa, I can see Eddie Vedder doing something like that: singing back up just to spite republicans. I wonder if Kurt Cobain knew if Eddie did a little punk stuff, seeing as how Kurt hated Pearl Jam but loved punk.
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