Dubb's Talking Religion Blues Lyrics

Song	Dubb's Talking Religion Blues
Artist	Doug MacLeod
Album	There's A Time
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	I was standing on a Des Moines corner one day
	When this fella said, “You know what Jesus had to say?”
	I said, “I'm not sure which Jesus you talking about.”
	He said, “I’m talking about the one that saved my life.”
	I said, “You can’t mean the Gardner of my ex wife?”
	He said, “No, I’m talking ‘bout, the only route.”
	I said, “Look here, what you say?”
	He said, “I’m talking ‘bout the light and the only way
	To save your soul from hell and eternal dam-a-nation.”
	“Are you tellin’ me if I don't believe the way you believe
	That hell is the final resting place for me?”
	He said, “Yeah.” I said, “I didn't realize I was in that bad of a situation!”
	He said, “Have you read the bible?” I said, “Not all the way through.”
	He said, “That's something you oughta' do
	‘Cause every word is truth and proven fact.”
	I said,”You take the bible literally?
	He thought for a moment, and said, “I do really.”
	I said, “Well I got a problem concerning that.”
	“Now you take the book Leviticus,
	Don’t you think that some of those things in there are ridiculous?
	Like you can stone your kid if he talks back to you.
	And if your sideburns get too long
	They can whup on you cause they know that’s wrong
	You gonna’ tell me those are Christian like things to do?
	Now how about Jonah and the whale?
	How can you go in the mouth and not come out the tail?
	That right there has always puzzled me.”
	He said, “Well you don't need to be puzzled no more
	It was a miracle that brought Jonah to the shore
	The whale spit him out and sailed on out to sea.”
	I said, “What you think about evolution?”
	He said, “You’re talking ‘bout the evil solution
	We all come from the garden of eden and it's sacred soil.”
	“Well how you explain carbon dating?”
	“That’s scientific heathen mis-information
	God worked six days and on the seventh day rested from his toil.”
	“How you know God’s a man?
	Could be a woman you understand
	Or a combination of both, what do you think of that?”
	He laughed and said, “That could never be
	God’s a he and not a she
	It’s written in the Bible and everybody knows thats fact.”
	“Well I’ve heard that Bible’s been changed
	Because when you translate words sometimes the meanings ain’t the same
	In fact they even left some of those chapters out
	And nefarious leaders doing dastardly deeds
	So what could be maybe ain’t what it seems
	Don’t you think to a thinking mind that’s got to raise a little doubt?”
	He said,”My friend you question wrong
	‘Cause I’m just here to take you home
	And brother, I just want to save your soul.”
	“We became brothers and friends real fast
	Like two ex wives coming together to kick my...
	I believe its time for this boy to be told.”
	CHORUS
	You preach and you can proselytize
	Tell me how to live my life
	And it's all done in your God's name
	Now me and God we doing alright
	By the Golden Rule I try to live my life
	But zealots like you don't feel the same
	Most Christians I know ain’t like you
	They believe in Jesus and his teachings too
	But their words heal rather than inflame
	So somebody get my BB Gun
	I’m gonna shoot this boy in the bum
	Because if I shot him in the head, I'd miss his brain
	“You speak softly but your message is hard
	Saying your way is the only way to God
	But I'm here to tell you I don't agree
	If we're all children of God, we're all brothers
	How can just your chosen go to heaven and not the others?
	That kind of thinking just don’t sit right with me
	What about the native Americans walked here first
	Saw God in the sky, the rivers and the earth
	You gonna tell me they ain’t goin’ to heaven?
	He said, “Nope, they shall be denied
	Because they did not know of the one crucified.”
	“That makes as much sense to me as two and two is seven.”
	“I think Jesus was a great prophet, one of the few
	Come here to speak a simple truth
	Like respecting others and living by the golden rule
	But you don't respect my right to believe
	The way I hear God speaks to me
	So the way I see it, there ain't much Christian in what you do
	Well this is the end of you and me, ‘cause right now I’m gonna’ leave
	Because conversating with you ain’t nothing but flawed
	But there’s one thing I want you to know
	And I’ll tell you before I go
	I believe an honest prayer will find the ear of God.”
	CHORUS

	I was standing on a Des Moines corner one day
	When this fella said, " You know what Jesus had to say?"
	I said, " I' m not sure which Jesus you talking about."
	He said, " I' m talking about the one that saved my life."
	I said, " You can' t mean the Gardner of my ex wife?"
	He said, " No, I' m talking ' bout, the only route."
	I said, " Look here, what you say?"
	He said, " I' m talking ' bout the light and the only way
	To save your soul from hell and eternal damanation."
	" Are you tellin' me if I don' t believe the way you believe
	That hell is the final resting place for me?"
	He said, " Yeah." I said, " I didn' t realize I was in that bad of a situation!"
	He said, " Have you read the bible?" I said, " Not all the way through."
	He said, " That' s something you oughta' do
	' Cause every word is truth and proven fact."
	I said," You take the bible literally?
	He thought for a moment, and said, " I do really."
	I said, " Well I got a problem concerning that."
	" Now you take the book Leviticus,
	Don' t you think that some of those things in there are ridiculous?
	Like you can stone your kid if he talks back to you.
	And if your sideburns get too long
	They can whup on you cause they know that' s wrong
	You gonna' tell me those are Christian like things to do?
	Now how about Jonah and the whale?
	How can you go in the mouth and not come out the tail?
	That right there has always puzzled me."
	He said, " Well you don' t need to be puzzled no more
	It was a miracle that brought Jonah to the shore
	The whale spit him out and sailed on out to sea."
	I said, " What you think about evolution?"
	He said, " You' re talking ' bout the evil solution
	We all come from the garden of eden and it' s sacred soil."
	" Well how you explain carbon dating?"
	" That' s scientific heathen misinformation
	God worked six days and on the seventh day rested from his toil."
	" How you know God' s a man?
	Could be a woman you understand
	Or a combination of both, what do you think of that?"
	He laughed and said, " That could never be
	God' s a he and not a she
	It' s written in the Bible and everybody knows thats fact."
	" Well I' ve heard that Bible' s been changed
	Because when you translate words sometimes the meanings ain' t the same
	In fact they even left some of those chapters out
	And nefarious leaders doing dastardly deeds
	So what could be maybe ain' t what it seems
	Don' t you think to a thinking mind that' s got to raise a little doubt?"
	He said," My friend you question wrong
	' Cause I' m just here to take you home
	And brother, I just want to save your soul."
	" We became brothers and friends real fast
	Like two ex wives coming together to kick my...
	I believe its time for this boy to be told."
	CHORUS
	You preach and you can proselytize
	Tell me how to live my life
	And it' s all done in your God' s name
	Now me and God we doing alright
	By the Golden Rule I try to live my life
	But zealots like you don' t feel the same
	Most Christians I know ain' t like you
	They believe in Jesus and his teachings too
	But their words heal rather than inflame
	So somebody get my BB Gun
	I' m gonna shoot this boy in the bum
	Because if I shot him in the head, I' d miss his brain
	" You speak softly but your message is hard
	Saying your way is the only way to God
	But I' m here to tell you I don' t agree
	If we' re all children of God, we' re all brothers
	How can just your chosen go to heaven and not the others?
	That kind of thinking just don' t sit right with me
	What about the native Americans walked here first
	Saw God in the sky, the rivers and the earth
	You gonna tell me they ain' t goin' to heaven?
	He said, " Nope, they shall be denied
	Because they did not know of the one crucified."
	" That makes as much sense to me as two and two is seven."
	" I think Jesus was a great prophet, one of the few
	Come here to speak a simple truth
	Like respecting others and living by the golden rule
	But you don' t respect my right to believe
	The way I hear God speaks to me
	So the way I see it, there ain' t much Christian in what you do
	Well this is the end of you and me, ' cause right now I' m gonna' leave
	Because conversating with you ain' t nothing but flawed
	But there' s one thing I want you to know
	And I' ll tell you before I go
	I believe an honest prayer will find the ear of God."
	CHORUS

	I was standing on a Des Moines corner one day
	When this fella said, " You know what Jesus had to say?"
	I said, " I' m not sure which Jesus you talking about."
	He said, " I' m talking about the one that saved my life."
	I said, " You can' t mean the Gardner of my ex wife?"
	He said, " No, I' m talking ' bout, the only route."
	I said, " Look here, what you say?"
	He said, " I' m talking ' bout the light and the only way
	To save your soul from hell and eternal damanation."
	" Are you tellin' me if I don' t believe the way you believe
	That hell is the final resting place for me?"
	He said, " Yeah." I said, " I didn' t realize I was in that bad of a situation!"
	He said, " Have you read the bible?" I said, " Not all the way through."
	He said, " That' s something you oughta' do
	' Cause every word is truth and proven fact."
	I said," You take the bible literally?
	He thought for a moment, and said, " I do really."
	I said, " Well I got a problem concerning that."
	" Now you take the book Leviticus,
	Don' t you think that some of those things in there are ridiculous?
	Like you can stone your kid if he talks back to you.
	And if your sideburns get too long
	They can whup on you cause they know that' s wrong
	You gonna' tell me those are Christian like things to do?
	Now how about Jonah and the whale?
	How can you go in the mouth and not come out the tail?
	That right there has always puzzled me."
	He said, " Well you don' t need to be puzzled no more
	It was a miracle that brought Jonah to the shore
	The whale spit him out and sailed on out to sea."
	I said, " What you think about evolution?"
	He said, " You' re talking ' bout the evil solution
	We all come from the garden of eden and it' s sacred soil."
	" Well how you explain carbon dating?"
	" That' s scientific heathen misinformation
	God worked six days and on the seventh day rested from his toil."
	" How you know God' s a man?
	Could be a woman you understand
	Or a combination of both, what do you think of that?"
	He laughed and said, " That could never be
	God' s a he and not a she
	It' s written in the Bible and everybody knows thats fact."
	" Well I' ve heard that Bible' s been changed
	Because when you translate words sometimes the meanings ain' t the same
	In fact they even left some of those chapters out
	And nefarious leaders doing dastardly deeds
	So what could be maybe ain' t what it seems
	Don' t you think to a thinking mind that' s got to raise a little doubt?"
	He said," My friend you question wrong
	' Cause I' m just here to take you home
	And brother, I just want to save your soul."
	" We became brothers and friends real fast
	Like two ex wives coming together to kick my...
	I believe its time for this boy to be told."
	CHORUS
	You preach and you can proselytize
	Tell me how to live my life
	And it' s all done in your God' s name
	Now me and God we doing alright
	By the Golden Rule I try to live my life
	But zealots like you don' t feel the same
	Most Christians I know ain' t like you
	They believe in Jesus and his teachings too
	But their words heal rather than inflame
	So somebody get my BB Gun
	I' m gonna shoot this boy in the bum
	Because if I shot him in the head, I' d miss his brain
	" You speak softly but your message is hard
	Saying your way is the only way to God
	But I' m here to tell you I don' t agree
	If we' re all children of God, we' re all brothers
	How can just your chosen go to heaven and not the others?
	That kind of thinking just don' t sit right with me
	What about the native Americans walked here first
	Saw God in the sky, the rivers and the earth
	You gonna tell me they ain' t goin' to heaven?
	He said, " Nope, they shall be denied
	Because they did not know of the one crucified."
	" That makes as much sense to me as two and two is seven."
	" I think Jesus was a great prophet, one of the few
	Come here to speak a simple truth
	Like respecting others and living by the golden rule
	But you don' t respect my right to believe
	The way I hear God speaks to me
	So the way I see it, there ain' t much Christian in what you do
	Well this is the end of you and me, ' cause right now I' m gonna' leave
	Because conversating with you ain' t nothing but flawed
	But there' s one thing I want you to know
	And I' ll tell you before I go
	I believe an honest prayer will find the ear of God."
	CHORUS

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