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jim carroll - catholic boy lyrics

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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 gl-ss
i screamed and cursed their children when the nurses p-ssed
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 h-ll

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.

- jim carroll lyrics

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