Topeka from Ugly Brothers by Ugly Brothers

This baptist family shares a bond
this blessed gift of interpretation
which god did confide to our father, fred
shortly after his encounter in the men's room

I started those wars (he's an angry god)
disasters and storms (he's a vengeful god)
to inform a country I might despise when a couple's love shares a gender
(he's a cryptic god)

Straight to the source we spread the word
at the funeral of a soldier killed overseas
we mock and protest your dead
out of spite for a group of people with no affiliations
for god came down and said
there's a reason he's gone and we're giving you the heads up

You're going to hell (he's an angry god)
unless you act now (he's a vengeful god)
and stop those sodomites from turning those stains to seed
because stains these days have a tendency to take on more despicable forms

Here in Topeka
Good god, we're trying to help
so drop the anchor, save yourself
because come judgement day we don't want god's entire kingdom to ourselves
because eternity after a lifetime with this family sounds like hell

oh yes it's hatred, god's great hatred
he just needs a medium to more effectively communicate it
recite the chants, hold high the sign
it's not yours but it's god's will that we abide by
you're not gonna change our minds because
regardless of relation, unlike others, we will sever ties

and heaven we're bound (he's an angry god)
you're lost and we're found (he's a vengeful god)
who thought salvation would come out of action in this kansas town?
though god's verdict's always guilty,
we're hoping he'll let us off with time served

Here in Topeka
Good god, we're trying to help
so drop the anchor, save yourself
because come judgement day we don't want god's entire kingdom to ourselves
because eternity after a lifetime with this family sounds like hell

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