New Pharisees

<p>They go walking into church every Sunday morning<br/>They the self-appointed sin patrol<br/>Well they whisper and they gossip behind the back<br/>Of anybody that they can&#x27;t control<br/><br/>See that girl in the choir she&#x27;s got evil desires<br/>She must be drinking from the devil&#x27;s well<br/>She&#x27;s a downright disgrace with that paint on her face<br/>She looks just like a Jezebel<br/><br/>And they&#x27;re running around putting everybody down<br/>What are you trying to do?<br/>You need to pick up the Book and take another look<br/>&#x27;Cause brother I&#x27;ve got the news for you<br/>You know Jesus was sent with a new covenant<br/>And he even died for you<br/>New pharisees like a fatal disease<br/>Always flapping your jaws trying to live by the law<br/><br/>You see that boy over there with that long shaggy hair<br/>Ought to be ashamed of his self<br/>He wearing hip-hop clothes got a ring in his nose<br/>Don&#x27;t he know he going straight to hell<br/><br/>And then yesterday morning me and sister Johnson<br/>Were talkin&#x27; on the party line<br/>She said that Deacon Brown was having dinner downtown<br/>Somebody seen him with a glass of wine<br/><br/>And you act so righteous and you look so pious<br/>You always pay your tithe<br/>But there&#x27;s a rock in your heart and a fire on your tongue<br/>And there ain&#x27;t no love in your eyes<br/>Bad news is begotten and the devil is smiling<br/>You gossip and you criticize<br/><br/>New pharisees like a fatal disease<br/>Always flapping your jaws trying to live by the law<br/>Well you can&#x27;t get by the law so quit flapping your jaws<br/>New pharisees yes, you&#x27;re a lot like me