My Last Duchess - God is a Deadbeat Dad Lyrics

Preacher heard that I kissed a girl
Sharply condemned me to the underworld
Repent, my daughter, before her lips
Pull me in into a world of sin
Preacher told me to sit on his knee
Said if I told anyone God would punish me
His whips and His chains would hurt me with love
I thought that this world had hurt me enough
Your religion
Your institution
Bastardised by the right
Bastardised by the white
Bastardised by the light
The holy light of your rapist priest
Preacher told me to keep the baby
Asked me how I'd feel if my mother'd killed me
I said"I wish she had!" Now I'm forced to bear
Another child born victim to the system
Preacher told me it happens for a reason
God's children raped, sick and beaten
He let it happen, He let us all down
Genocide and war under His benevolent power
His whips and His chains
And His whips and His chains
And His whips and His chains
And His whips and His chains
Your religion
Your institution
Bastardised by the right
Bastardised by the white
Bastardised by the light
The holy light of your rapist priest
God is a deadbeat dad who went out for milk
He's behind on child support for weeks
And if He ever decides to come back
He won't wipe my tear-stained cheeks