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The Linger Effect is a Bourgeois Scam

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Indoctrinated at a tender age
Taken under wing of the brethren's sage
Sheltered and shown how to behave
Shown how to recruit and how to save...
All the promises made really got you hooked
But all that's really written in those books is
You've gotta get 'em while they're young -
Yeah you've gotta get 'em while they're young
And now you've got an ex-wife in the 'burbs
And a nеw child bride from the local church
And someday thе Lord will take your troubles away
(well I've got bad news, honey, they're here to stay)
When you reach your holy hands out to tithe
You hear all the girls in the pews all sigh
And your parents they couldn't be more proud -
Well, you're living the dream - or as close as allowed -
But you're still the same scared little, little boy
As you parade about your new decoy
Oh, tell me, honey, now what would they say
If they knew the fellowship that you really crave?
No one knows the real you
No one knows what's really true
Oh, tell me how it feels to never feel whole?
And just how black is the dark night of the soul
As you pray the gay away?
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The Linger Effect

The Linger Effect

About “Pray the Gay Away” by The Linger Effect

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