I'm a liberal backslider I've been sliding 'bout ten years
People ask me how I'm doin' and I confirm all their fears
I'm swearing like a trooper, and I'm drinking like a bum
I'm a liberal backslider and it sure is a lot of fun.
Been Following these footsteps now for many a year gone by
But you always upset someone there no matter how you try
Well the good things they're forgotten if a bad thing comes around
Now all these stones are flyin' they're gonna knock me to the
ground
I'm a liberal backslider
.
I take a stand on justice, I take a stand on race
Gonna take me a TV evangelist and punch him in the face
I sing about the hope that's in me and ask why the poor aren't fed
But if I don't tow the party line, it's be better if I were dead
I'm a liberal backslider
.
So I'll be asking for forgiveness then until the day I die
Though I can't be sure of what I've done I think I'd better try
Thank God you're not the jury, thank God I'm not the judge
Here's to a bigger picture, here's to the bigger love!
I'm a liberal backslider