Title: Just Be A Good Person

(Intro)
What do you want?
I wanna help those in need
Well, do you believe in God?
No

(Verse)
You say I need faith to know what is right
But I've seen kindness in the godless and hate in the devout
You talk of love, yet speak in hate
Like a saint who rules by making me afraid

(Pre-Chorus)
You preach love but twist the knife
Sing of heaven while you curse my life

(Chorus)
I don’t need prayers to do what is right
I don’t need rules to show that I care
I don't need fear to help those in need
And I do it by choice, not by the words I read
Not by the words I read

(Verse)
You shout of sin, call my doubts a crime
You light your candles, recite your lines
But I’ve seen shadows dance in your glow
Yet you hide the cracks so they won’t show

(Pre-Chorus)
You preach love but twist the knife
Sing of heaven while you curse my life

(Chorus)
(I don’t need prayers)
I don’t need prayers to do what is right
I don’t need rules to show that I care
I don't need fear to help those in need
And I do it by choice, not by the words I read
Not by the words I read

(Bridge)
If your faith is built on fire and chains
Then let it burn, I'll walk away (walk away)
Goodness isn’t owned by those who kneel
And truth does not bow to a glorious name
And truth does not bow to your fame

(Chorus)
(I don’t need)
I don’t need prayers to do what is right
I don’t need rules to show that I care
I don't need fear to help those in need
And I do it by choice, not by the words I read
And I do it by choice
Not by the words I read

(Chorus)
I don’t need prayers to do what is right
I don’t need rules to show that I care
I don't need fear to help those in need
And I do it by choice, not by the words I read
Not by the words I was forced to read

(Bridge)
Too many wars you had to fight
To prove that's your God who is right
Why can't I live the way I do?
Without you

(Bridge)
Too many wars you had to fight
To prove that's your God who is right
Why can't I live the way I do?
Without you

(Chorus)
(I don't need prayers)
I don’t need rules to show that I care
(I don't need prayers)
I don't need fear to help those in need
And I do it by choice
Not by the word
Not by the words I was forced to read

(Outro)
I don't need salvation, I don't need faith
I don't need heaven to know my place
I know my place
Know my place
I found my place

Last edited by B.D.Thomas; 03/16/25 11:38 AM. Reason: Lyrics added
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