Don't Pray On Me
A grizzly scene on my electron beamTold a story about human rightsSo all of King's horses and all of King's menHad a riot for two days and nightsWell, the city exploded but the gates wouldn't openSo the company asked him to quitNow everybody's equalJust don't measure it
Well, Hanson did it to HesterAnd Mark David did it to JohnAnd maybe Jack did it to MarilynBut he did it to South VietnamFor beauty and gloryFor money, love, and countryNow everybody's doing itDon't do that to me
A bitter debate and a feminine fateLie in tandem like two precious babesWhile the former gets warmer, it's the latter that mattersExcept on the nation's airwavesAnd custodians of public opinion stayed backAfter vainly discussing her rightsLay hands off her bodyIt's not your fucking life
Now I don't know what stopped Jesus ChristFrom turning every hungry stone into breadAnd I don't remember hearing how Moses reactedWhen the innocent first born sons lay deadWell, I guess God was a lot more demonstrativeBack when he flamboyantly parted the seaNow everybody's prayingDon't pray on me