Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy lyrics

rate me

I was born in a pool, they made my mother stand<br />

And I spat on that surgeon and his trembling hand<br />

When I felt the light I was worse than bored<br />

I stole the doctor's scalpel and I slit the cord<br />

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Refrain:<br />

I was a catholic boy, <br />

Redeemed through pain, <br />

Not through joy<br />

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I was two months early they put me under glass<br />

I screamed and cursed their children when the nurses passed<br />

Was convicted of theft when I slipped from the womb<br />

They led me straight from my mother to a cell in the tombs<br />

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Repeat refrain<br />

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They starved me for weeks, they thought they'd teach me fear<br />

I fed on cellmates' dreams, it gave me fine ideas<br />

When they cut me loose, the time had served me well<br />

I made allies in heaven, I made comrades in hell<br />

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I was a catholic child<br />

The blood ran red<br />

The blood ran wild<br />

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I make angels dance and drop to their knees<br />

When I enter a church the feet of statues bleed<br />

I understand the fate of all my enemies<br />

Just like christ in the garden of gethsemane<br />

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Repeat refrain<br />

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I watched the sweetest psalm stolen by the choir<br />

I dreamed of martyrs' bones hanging from a wire<br />

I make a contribution, I get absolution<br />

I make a resolution to purify my soul<br />

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Repeat refrain<br />

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They can't touch me now<br />

I got every sacrament behind me:<br />

I got baptism, <br />

I got communion, <br />

I got penance, <br />

I got extreme unction<br />

I've got confirmation<br />

'Cause I'm a catholic child<br />

The blood ran red<br />

The blood ran wild! <br />

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Now I'm a catholic man<br />

I put my tongue to the rail whenever I can.