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I Just Burned the Lord's House Down

from José Arcadio is Dead by American Sinner

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I Just Burned the Lord's House Down (N. Lavalier)
Bystanders sweep ash from their bloodshot eyes
While they’re out gawking at a fire
I won’t waste my time
Leading a monkish life
I just burnt the Lord’s house down
Black kids10 try to bum my cigarettes
Can’t they see that I’m a man of God
I think of those saints
Their heads skewered on a stake
And I just burnt the Lord’s house down11
It’s all in the Bible, the Good News, the Bad
I just burnt the Lord’s house down
Well my confessional it hints of gin
But that’s not much to confess
I’ll drink myself stupid
And find pleasure where I can
And I just burnt the Lord’s house down
Old habits die hard when they reach their ends
I’ll never kneel and pray again
Beyond good and evil
Beyond all earthly laws
I just burned the Lord’s house down
It’s all in the Bible, the Good News, the Bad
It’s all in the arms or the hips of a girl
It’s better to marry than it is to burn
I just burnt the Lord’s house down

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10 Yes the character in the story has some racist tendencies. American Sinner does not endorse any racist views.
11 We also don't endorse burning churches down.

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from José Arcadio is Dead, released January 16, 2010

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