The first time I was born again,
Everything was one more sin
I had Jesus on a notebook then
And a fear of his father
Born again a second time,
Conception wasn't so divine
You gotta marry that girl and stay in line
And I didn't want to be a bother

The third time I was born again,
I left that girl who cheats
And then I found nirvana from within,
Swaddled up in dirty flannel

A family that misunderstood
Why I had to leave that neighborhood
Well, God's reception wasn't that good
And The Devil had a clear channel

So I packed a bag and I left the sticks
And joined the class of '96
Where MTV's an empty fix
With all the other weekly flavors

Manson preached a devil's spell
But to teenagers that's an easy sell
I said you want to be rebellious,
You should tell them Jesus is their savior

So he cast me out, like an exorcist,
Into the arms of a late night evangelist
For a thousand dollar vow I made the list of
All his weekly prayers

Well, I guess I would be quite surprised
If he were The Devil in disguise
It would be more clever to hide behind
A political agenda

So I turned to the government to make some noise,
'Cause I had one vote and I had one voice
I heard you can't be religious and pro-choice
I don't know why I even bother
Now I believe in God there is no debate
But I believe in separation between church and state
I went back to the church to seal my fate and
They brought me to the father

He said you can't come in with that point of view
Just ask yourself what would Jesus do
I would've said Jesus was a rebel too
But I didn't want to be a bother

The last time I was born again,
I found nirvana from within
The eyes of a girl who took me in,
swaddled up in dirty flannel

We went back to my neighborhood
And heard you can't get to heaven just being good
I smiled and said that I understood Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind