"Sermons vs. the Gospel" lyrics

Getting closer every day
Getting closer every day
Lord, have mercy on me

We're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

Got this idea in my head and I can't get it out
That all the money in the mint couldn't water a drought
I'm piling treasures up on earth
What you keep and what you take
Property, vanity, even knowledge for knowledge sake
While I say
Lord, have mercy on me

We're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

Want to see you psychoanalyst
Experienced in assisting to adjust
European travel, the H-Bomb
Onasis please come home

The front page of the New York Times
The front page of the New York Times
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

We're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

Quit your gripping, shine your shoes
I'll tell you a little secret for your blues
Don't make no difference who is watching from the stands
The fat lady always claps her hands
Lord, have mercy on me

Say it even if you're robbing from the poor
Lord, have mercy on me

I believe the words will change the heart
The words will change the heart
The words will change the heart
The words will change the heart
The words will change the heart
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

Talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

Getting closer every day
Getting closer every day
Getting closer every day