Dumber by the Day

They want prayer in schools, but screw the tests Jesus loves you more, if you're well-dressed They ban the books, and miss the plot Their greatest of all tools, is your brain rot You're free to speak-unless you're queer Then suddenly God's voice is all we hear Quote "God's law" from cherry-picked books Call you woke and evil with their dirty looks You see them on YouTube spewing hate Angry that their pee-pees have never seen a mate Pretend they speak from authority And melt down at movies with minorities America, you put the fun in religious fundamentalism America, you put the crass in theocracy We don't really care for the first amendment because "amendment" Means we had another thought you see They preach on the screen with the wealth they flex Next thing they're behind bars for surprise sex Southern Baptists, Catholics, Boy Scouts too Moving clergy around so they just start anew They own every branch your kid can name Republicans and democrats, all the same Capital-Christo billionaire owned While the Treaty of Tripoli weeps for its home You see them on TV spewing lies About anyone and everyone on the rise Preemptive sanctimony, performative redemption The-atropal repentance, redemptive distraction America, you put the fun in religious fundamentalism America, you put the crass in theocracy We don't really care for the first amendment because "amendment" Means we had another thought you see We pledge allegiance to the flag Then worship power dressed in drag Of crosses, guns, and dollar signs The holy trinity of headline crimes They call it faith, we call it fraud, Wrapped in the image of an angry god You preach peace with blood on your hands Built your heaven on stolen lands They call it faith, we call it fraud Wrapped in the image of an angry god But if hell's full of folks like you Then heaven better have a punk venue America, you put the fun in religious fundamentalism America, you put the crass in theocracy We don't really care for the first amendment because "amendment" Means we had another thought you see