Everybody look there's a new bandwagon in town
Hop on board and let the wind carry you around
Seems like there's not enough to keep us busy 'till the Lord comes back
Don Quixote's gotta have another windmill to attack

[Chorus]
Another witch hunt looking for evil wherever we can find it
Off on a tangent, hope the Lord won't mind it
Another witch hunt, takin' a break from all our gospel labor
On a crusade but we forgot our saber

There's a new way to spend all our energies
We're up in arms instead of down on our knees
Walkin' over dollars trying to find another dime
Never mind the souls 'cause we really haven't got the time

So send out the dogs and tally ho
Before we sleep tonight we've got miles to go
No one is safe, no stone's left unturned
And we won't stop until somebody gets burned
Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Bro Brothers


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Witch Hunt Lyrics as written by Bob Hartman

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    This song is about spending time and energy on stuff that really isn't top priority to the Lord.

    lightninboyon July 05, 2005   Link
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    This song is about spending time and energy on stuff that really isn't top priority to the Lord.

    lightninboyon July 05, 2005   Link
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    I always thought of this song as condamnation of religious hypocrisy.

    "There's a new way to spend all our energies We're up in arms instead of down on our knees Walkin' over dollars trying to find another dime Never mind the souls 'cause we really haven't got the time"

    Instead of praying and finding solutions..some are more concerned about condemning people for trival matters.

    TinyTimon December 17, 2005   Link
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    TinyTim is right. The band also backmasked hidden messages in the song, making fun of the televangelists who claimed there were "evil messages" hidden in rock songs.

    TallCoolOneon February 25, 2007   Link
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    I think the backmasking was before the song Judas' Kiss on the album More Power To Ya. (1982). Witch Hunt was a bit later, 1984. The backmask said, "What you lookin for the devil for when you oughta be lookin for the Lord."

    troyermishon February 10, 2013   Link

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