I walked into church and they wouldn't let me in
They said they didn't like the shape I was in
They was all fat and white and very rich
And I was wearin' my rags and scratchin' my itch
Oh, I didn't know that they didn't know
They could not see it in my eyes
But they didn't know that I was Jesus in disguise
They didn't know I had Buddha in my eyes
He rolls down like an ancient river
Deep and dark and makes me quiver
With the truth in my belly and the thing in my head
That made me once knew what my father once said
He said, "Keep it simple."
I'm a human being
Keep it simple
Truckers and mourners and soldier men
Women and pretenders, come on in
But Daddy, I don't understand that language at all
I got a hankerin' for nothin' else
Even if Buddha's sittin' there on my shelf
Smokin' a big doobie or was that a cigar
I dunno, it's illegal to..
Keep it simple
I'm a human being
I'm a human being
Keep it simple
Ooh, my lad and my little la**ie
Were going down to hang out in the tall gra**ie
But then I said, "Where you goin' with that bucket in hand?"
And she said "We're goin' to the well to get some sand."
Eee cookie, cookie, cookie, cookie cutter, cuttin' cut, cut, cookie cutter, pick it (???)
Thinkin' blue and white and there you go
It's America, it's America all around, you know
They paved paradise and put up a pool table
They started playin' billiards and they said I wasn't in the club
So I couldn't play
Because I was gay
'Cause I was black or red or white or blue or whatever
I walked into church they said they didn't like me
I didn't know why, but they said, "Don't rock me."
I rock my roll and I rolled my rock if I taught too able and
Ooh, look at the wing I'm wearin'
Ooh, it's somethin' good and somethin' blue and pearly
It's somethin' that I skewed when I was with a girlie
Gabriel, Gabriel, Gabriel, Gabriel, Gabriel come down on my side
Feel my feign, feel my pride
Feel my lovin' and my hatin' inside
I'm a human being
Keep it simple
Keep it simple
They didn't know that Yahweh was hanging on the side
They didn't know that I wasn't...
One thing I gotta know is where did you get that dress?
Where did you get the makeup, who made the mess?
You've got 45 pairs of shoes in the closet
I've only got two, let's make a deposit
In the bank
Drop your bombs and drop your drawers
Make me see your bedsores
Find me in my think fin
I'll be a licker
I dunno, I dunno, I dunno, I dunno
I ain't no fool, but my momma told me
"Stay close to you-know-who and don't grow old before your time
Is up
You gotta have some fun once in a while
Have some
Fun
Once in a while."