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Good News Junkie Lyrics
You know I feel a little guilty a bit dissatisfied
I feel a little empty when I look back on my life
I got a personal saviour I tried to do my part
But at religion I’m a failure I think I got a joker’s heart
I met a whole lotta people I spent a lotta money
And I made it to the Promised Land but they were out of milk and honey
After fifteen years of failure waiting for the final bell
Watching all my role models backsliding into hell
Watching all my teen illusions die of sun tan cancer
I think I got more questions than any man could ever answer
Oh back when I was seventeen I thought my father wasn’t wise
I was amazed by how much more he’d learned when I turned twenty-five
You know I went and made a record it made it to the top
And the money started pouring in and then the money kinda stopped
And I wonder if my phone is broke or if I really do exist
Became a good news junkie asking Jesus for a fix
I feel a little empty when I look back on my life
I got a personal saviour I tried to do my part
But at religion I’m a failure I think I got a joker’s heart
And I made it to the Promised Land but they were out of milk and honey
After fifteen years of failure waiting for the final bell
Watching all my role models backsliding into hell
I think I got more questions than any man could ever answer
Oh back when I was seventeen I thought my father wasn’t wise
I was amazed by how much more he’d learned when I turned twenty-five
And the money started pouring in and then the money kinda stopped
And I wonder if my phone is broke or if I really do exist
Became a good news junkie asking Jesus for a fix
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I think this is autobiographical from the writer and a song from the album of the same name back in 1996. A somewhat satirical reflection on his life injected with Ulster humour particularly the final two lines at the end of verse three. Punctuated with biblical terms and life experiences the song is quietly expressed with just an acoustic guitar in the background. Nice one.