- Song Name: Fishin' 4 Religion
- Artist Name: Arrested Development
- Album: 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
- Songwriters: Sylvester Stewart, Thomas Todd
- Release Date: 1992.03.24
- Label: Chrysalis Records
LYRICS FOR "Fishin' 4 Religion"
Grab the hook
Grab the bait
Tackle and shackle the topic the faculty has chosen
Chosen by many
Man or woman who can't understand
The topic that's known
And go by the dock
As I drop my hook and get a bite
The reason I'm fishin' 4 a new religion
Is my church makes me fall asleep
They're praising a God
And doesn't want you to do a damn thing about it
When they want change
The preacher says
Does shout bring about change? I doubt it
All shout does is make you lose your voice
So on the dock I sit in silence
Staring at a sea that's full of violence
Scared to put my line in that water
'Coz it seems like no religion is in there
Naively so I give it another go
Sitting in church
Pastor tells the lady it'll be alright
Just pray so you can see the pearly gates so white
So the lady prays and prays and prays and prays
It's everlasting
She's asking the Lord
So one day she can see the golden ropes
What you pray for God
To be able to cope in this world we live in
It goes the word cope and the word change
Is directly opposite
She should have been praying to change her woes
But pastor said
The government is happy with most baptist churches
'Coz we don't do a damn thing to try to nurture
Brothers and sisters on a revolution
Baptist teaches
Passiveness causes others to pass us by
I throw my line until I've made my decision
Until then
I'm fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
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