Elmer Gantry Is Alive And Well

Elmer Gantry Is Alive And Well

Written by Stephen McCarthy & Sid Griffin

They really put you in a trance

The heretics and sycophants

They put a noose on the capital lawn

Gonna hang you at the break of Dawn

You know you're gonna lose the crown

When you hold the Bible upside down

From Sea to shining Sea

Hypocritical conspiracies

The 21st century has gone to hell

Elmer Gantry is alive and well

Hold your finger up into the wind

Don't forget to send donations in

Checks and balances will come undone

You really got The Truth on the run

Sleight of hand and starting to brag

Here comes your man now huggin' the flag

You thought Jim Crow was in the past

Have you met the new iconoclast

The 21st century has gone to hell

Elmer Gantry is alive and well

By the fire you'll be baptized

Yes the coup will be televised

The rocket's red glare has made you blind

I'm just looking for some peace of mind

They're going to run you out of town

Then youre statues gonna hit the ground

The only peope that see you won

Are hucksters grifters and charlatans

The 21st century has gone to hell

Elmer Gantry is alive and well

(c) Stephen McCarthy and Sid Griffin

Published by Buffalo Haid Music (BMI)