Lyric discussion by paulmarkj 

foreverdrone: he is not saying that to his father, he is saying it to himself. This Randy Newman we are talking about!

Lrg8607: I'm not sure about the lie, it could mean he is agreeing with is father:

You taught me not to believe that lie (the lie being "god will comfort you") or You taught me not to believe that lie (the lie being "won't be no god will comfort you")

@paulmarkj He’s a good Jewish atheist. Dad taught him there’ll be no comfort of a god.

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