[Verse 1]
Shotgun wedding made her mama proud
Carried 'cross the threshold of a shotgun house
Question 'bout it they would never ask out loud
It's just the way it's done is how we do it now
Who are they to question ancient tradition?
Shotgun religion, shotgun religion
[Verse 2]
Pop bottle target practice in the yard out back
Presidential pennies on the railroad track
Pride is the monkey on a young boy's back
And he's leaving the safety of the cul-de-sac
With an itchy trigger finger and a split-second decision
Shotgun religion, shotgun religion
[Chorus]
We were all good kids raised on blood wine
Now we're all grown up and we're thirsty for the stuff
Thirsty for the stuff
[Verse 3]
I was raised on Jesus and I drank it up
Learned about the martyrs and the flesh and blood
I knew the difference between them and us
I was so self-righteous and I called it love
Could it be the spirits are blurring our vision?
Shotgun religion, shotgun religion
[Chorus]
We were all good kids raised on blood wine
Now we're all grown up and we're thirsty for the stuff
Thirsty for the stuff
[Bridge]
You were my neighbor 'cross the street
Now, there's a canyon 'tween you and me
Self-anointed patriot of liberty
Everyone who's different is the enemy
[Verse 4]
Now you're going off on some god-sent mission
Shotgun religion, shotgun religion
Could it be the spirits are blurring our vision?
Shotgun religion, shotgun religion
[Verse 5]
So many things have caused this division
But the only two things he's gonna bring with him
Shotgun religion, shotgun religion
[Verse 6]
Shotgun wedding made her mama proud
Carried 'cross the threshold of a shotgun house
Twenty-twenty hindsight, but don't look now
'Cause that ain't the sight that he's staring down