[Verse 1]
Give us this day our daily dose of faux affliction
Forgive our sins
Forged at the pulpit with forked tongues selling faux sermons
Because I am a new wave gospel sharp, and you'll be thy witness
So gentlemen, if you are going to preach, for God sakes preach with conviction!
[Chorus] (x2)
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation, let us sing it like you mean it
No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you... move
[Post-Chorus]
Just stay where I can see you
Douse the lights!
...We sure are in for a show tonight
[Verse 2]
In this little number we are graced by two displays of character
We have got: the gunslinger extraordinaire vs. walking contradictions
And I for one can see no blood from the hearts and the wrists you allegedly slit
And I for one will not stand for this, if this scene were a parish, you'd all be condemned
[Chorus] (x2)
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation, let us sing it like you mean it
No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you... move
[Bridge] (x2)
Just stay where I can see you
Douse the lights!
...We sure are in for a show tonight
Stay where I can see you
Douse the lights!
[Chorus]
Strike up the band!
Whoa-oh, the conductor is beckoning
Come congregation, let us sing it like you mean it
No, don't you get it, don't you get it? Now don't you... move