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Religious Ripoff

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Telling me how to live my life
where's your bible? where's your money?
you can't sell religion though the tube
send you money we'd all get screwed

religious ripoff/gospel scam
ernest angeley/billy grahm
upside-down cross is what you should wear
religious ripoff is everywhere
TV evangelists put on a show
trying to tell me what they know
just send us money & you'll be saved
pretty soon you'll be our slave
(chorus)
You say this program may change my life
when all you give me is song & dance
I can get that slime if I watch prime-time
What you do is a gospel crime

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ruben On Jun 28, 2003

Sheer Terror [*]

Next Time

Crash

I'm James Dean [Studio, July 1998]

Teenager in a Box [Studio, July 1998]

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2003-06-28 14:31:46

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by Kanella

13y ago

Self-Explanatory song. Religion is business!! great song!!!

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