I was born in a pool, they made my mother stand

And i spat on that surgeon and his trembling hand

When i felt the light i was worse than bored

I stole the doctor's scalpel and i slit the cord



Refrain:

I was a catholic boy,

Redeemed through pain,

Not through joy



I was two months early they put me under glass

I screamed and cursed their children when the nurses passed

Was convicted of theft when i slipped from the womb

They led me straight from my mother to a cell in the tombs



Repeat refrain



They starved me for weeks, they thought they'd teach me fear

I fed on cellmates' dreams, it gave me fine ideas

When they cut me loose, the time had served me well

I made allies in heaven, i made comrades in hell



I was a catholic child

The blood ran red

The blood ran wild



I make angels dance and drop to their knees

When i enter a church the feet of statues bleed

I understand the fate of all my enemies

Just like christ in the garden of gethsemane



Repeat refrain



I watched the sweetest psalm stolen by the choir

I dreamed of martyrs' bones hanging from a wire

I make a contribution, i get absolution

I make a resolution to purify my soul



Repeat refrain



They can't touch me now

I got every sacrament behind me:

I got baptism,

I got communion,

I got penance,

I got extreme unction

I've got confirmation

'cause i'm a catholic child

The blood ran red

The blood ran wild!



Now i'm a catholic man

I put my tongue to the rail whenever i can.


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