Throw Out That Old Time Religion 

(sung to the tune of "Old Time Religion")
Guitar chords: G — / D7  G/ — C/ G  D  G/

Refrain
Throw out that old time religion
Throw out that old time religion
Throw out that old time religion
And that's good enough for me

It was held by dear old Moses,
Who lead the Hebrews and exposes
God's law the Jew imposes
That's not good enough for me!
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It was good for suffering Jesus
Gives personal meaning to diseases
So we can suffer, cause it pleases
That's not good enough for me!.
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Prophet Mohammed said there's one God
And it's his or you'll face jihad
So free thought can be outlawed
That's not good enough for me!
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Now the real old time religions,
Came long before the Christians
With nature's gods and demons
Well that's not good enough for me.
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Some have prayed to Aphrodite
Even tho' she's rather flighty
And they say she wears no nightie
Still not good enough for me.
(Refrain)

Shall we pray like those Egyptians?
Build pyramids to put our crypts in
Cover subways with inscriptions
Well not good enough for me.
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O' Old Odin should we follow?
And in fighting we will wallow
‘Till we wind up in Valhalla
Or be turned into a tree!
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We could follow dear old Buddha
There's hardly anybody cute-er
He comes in plaster, wood, and pewter
And makes happy Japanese.
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Hare Krishna gets a laugh on
When he sees me dressed in saffron
With my hair that's only half on,
Can you spare some change for me?
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When the Witnesses come a knockin'
‘bout Jehovah they be talkin'
But give up your Christmas stockin'
And transfusions?  ...not for me!
(Refrain)

Should we arise at early morning
When flying saucers give us warning
That the New Age is dawning
But no refund guaranteed.
(Refrain)

We could be faithful fanatics
Worship totems, myths, and relics
Repeat the prayers that will transfix
And deny our mortality.
Instead we celebrate existence,
And through no person's insistence
Will we abandon common senses
For religiosity!
Throw out that old time religion
Throw out that old time religion
Throw out that old time religion
That's good enough for me!

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Some verses adapted from Peter Blood-Patterson's (1988) Rise Up Singing!
For hundreds and hundreds of alternative verses visit Joe Bethancour
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