Brian Robbins: Tax Religion

the man says it does not matter how much that you give
but sometimes the lord will test your faith
and by this time next year
you'll have your mercedes benz

if it was up to me
I'd tax religion
like the business that it is
I'd sue all the preachers
for all the killing in the world
I'd put a warning label
on the church like a pack of smokes
that if this don't kill you
it'll surely leave you broke

and no one should be without my deluxe home lie detector
catching impure thoughts in its tracks
and no one should be without my specially anointed holy water

if it was up to me
if it was up to me
I'd tax religion
like the business that it is
I'd sue all the preachers
for all the killing in the world
I'd put a warning label
on the church like a pack of smokes
that if this don't kill you
it'll surely leave you broke

but I'm all for this business of religion
taxed just like a drug or prostitution
I'm all for this business of religion
just don't tell me it's got anything to do with god

and the man in the silk suit talks of rapture and armageddon
and you need to prepare yourself for the end
and he says that what god wants for his blessing is a contribution

if it was up to me
I'd tax religion
like the business that it is
I'd sue all the preachers
for all the killing in the world
I'd put a warning label
on the church like a pack of smokes
that if this don't kill you
it'll surely leave you broke

I'd call up god just to order where the money goes
did he give it to the starbank, or buy the preachers white new clothes

I'd blame all the preachers for all the earthquakes and the floods
if they prayed harder I wouldn't be standing on all this mud