Momus - Protestant Art lyrics

No more decoration no more piss Christs
Or donkey shit virgins in the next life
No more tax on hard-working citizens
To finance these abominations

O the shakers from Shakerville are here
Quakers and puritans appear
Smiting Sodomites with a mighty rod
Bringing Protestant art direct from God

A gallery like a church
Woods of pine and birch
A protestant artist is at work
Improving minds and through the wood
An icy wind whistles through the pines

The lord is coming down now, we must show
How we've been investing
If we've reached his goals
You never know tomorrow may
Be your tax control
The Lord is an accountant
An accountant of souls
Don't practice deceit, keep your receipts
Keep your receipts

For the shakers from Shakerville are here
Quakers and puritans appear
Smiting Sodomites with a mighty rod
Bringing Protestant art direct from God

The seamstress is making a
Little girl's dress
She stitches the seams with
Little grey threads
Frigid and severe, she sit's and sighs
She's got a grey room, she's got grey eyes

O the shakers from Shakerville are here
Quakers and puritans appear
With a righteous heart they go before
To bring Sodomites and art within God's law

Oh the shakers from Shakerville are here
Quakers and puritans appear
Spouting gibberish at Sodomites they meet
Righteous with the arrogance of the meek

Are you justified, are you qualified
What's your salary
Will you pass the gates of God's
Great art gallery when you've died
I've seen what's in your diary
Can you honestly tell me
You are perfectly normal?

The lord is coming down but I don't care
You'll never break my spirit
You'll never raise my hair
Human creativity is all right by me
Ron Athey Chris Offili, Karen Finlay

But the shakers from Shakerville are here
Quakers and puritans appear
Invincible for God is at their side
Their maker, art critic and guide
Oh the puritans are marching bravely on
Keeping America strong
Smiting Sodomites with a mighty rod
Bringing Protestant art direct from God
Invincible for God is at their side
Their maker, art critic and guide