AJJ - Lightning Bolt lyrics

The best years of his life
Is what he gave to you
Never late a day, he's been faithful and true
Putting out the tombstones and
Digging down the graves
For over thirty years now and I can't
Believe you have the nerve to say
That you're gonna have to cut his pay
'Cause one of your priests did
Such an awful thing

Lightning bolt, oh lightning bolt
Why don't you strike them down?
For what they did they deserve to be
A black spot in the ground
And if there is a god
Up there in the clouds
I can't imagine a better time to
Show his wrath than now
Somehow, these monsters all seem
Higher than the law
They won't see any punishment at all

He didn't give a damn about
Your god or your church
He was just an honest man
Looking for some honest work
And in his little finger, he has more purity
Than a whole church-load full
Of your child-molesting priests
It seems you're making him pay
For the guilty sins
Thirty years, and that's the thanks he gets

It's hard to imagine there could
Be a greater sin
Than using your trust for abusing a kid
As hard as it may seem, well I think
That there is and you're committing it
By protecting these old evil men
And if there really is a judgement day
You'll have a whole lot to explain

Lightning bolt, oh lightning bolt
Why don't you strike them down?
For what they did they deserve to be
A black spot in the ground
And if there is a god, waiting
Up there in the clouds
I can't imagine a better time to
Show his wrath than now
Somehow, these monsters all seem
Higher than the law
They won't see any punishment at all