God Save Us All From Religion

He was building a beer can castle at the end of the bar
He said, "Bud, we better get wiser 'cause we done gone too far
There's Jews and there's Muslims, and isms and wasms
And ten thousand flavors of Christians
God save us all from religion"

Well, I sat there stunned, just staring into my beer
That barroom philosopher said, "Son, ain't the truth mighty clear
There's a preacher on TV who's Pharisee greedy
He thinks he's a hot politician
Oh, God save us all from religion"

Ain't it a shame how the world's gone insane
How we hurt and we hate and we kill in God's name
But Heaven above knows the answer is love
But it's sure hard to find it down here

There's wolves in sheep's clothing, hypocrites, liars, and fools
They say you can't go to Heaven if you don't abide by their rules
Remember religion crucified Jesus
When love was His only mission
God save us all from religion

Ain't it a shame how the world's gone insane
How we hurt and we hate and we kill in God's name
But Heaven above knows the answer is love
But it's sure hard to find it down here

He kept adding cans to his castle 'til it finally fell
Said, "Son, left up to religion, I'd go straight to Hell
But with mercy and faith and God's saving grace
I know that I am forgiven
God save us all from religion"

God save us all
Oh, God save us all
Dear God, save us all from religion