[00:07.32]I was born in a pool they made my mother stand
[00:10.64]And I spat on that surgeon and his trembling hand
[00:14.14]When I felt the light I was worse than bored
[00:17.24]I stole the doctor's scalpel and I slit the cord
[00:21.22]I was a catholic boy
[00:24.17]Redeemed through pain
[00:27.11]Not through joy
[00:31.18]I was two months early they put me under glass
[00:34.07]I screamed and cursed their children when the nurses passed
[00:37.55]Was convicted of theft when I slipped from the womb
[00:41.11]They led me straight from my mother to a cell in the tombs
[00:45.62]I was a catholic boy
[00:48.32]Redeemed through pain not through joy
[00:55.01]They starved me for weeks they thought they'd teach me fear
[00:58.04]I fed on cellmates' dreams it gave me fine ideas
[01:01.74]When they cut me loose the time had served me well
[01:04.92]I made allies in heaven I made comrades in hell
[01:08.74]I was a catholic child
[01:11.88]The blood ran red the blood ran wild
[01:49.38]I make angels dance and drop to their knees
[01:52.61]When I enter a church the feet of statues bleed
[01:56.00]I understand the fate of all my enemies
[01:59.49]Just like christ in the garden of gethsemane
[02:04.00]I was a catholic boy
[02:06.42]Redeemed through pain not through joy
[02:13.00]I watched the sweetest psalm stolen by the choir
[02:16.37]I dreamed of martyrs' bones hanging from a wire
[02:19.79]I make a contribution I get absolution
[02:23.25]I make a resolution to purify my soul
[02:27.20]I was a catholic boy
[02:30.30]Redeemed through pain not through joy
[02:34.87]They can't touch me now
[02:37.75]I got every sacrament behind me I got baptism
[02:40.22]I got communion I got penance
[02:45.53]I've got confirmation
[02:48.61]'cause I'm a catholic child
[02:51.30]The blood ran red
[02:53.33]The blood ran wild!
[02:55.20]Now I'm a catholic man
[02:57.32]I put my tongue to the rail whenever I can