This is the city that raised me
With the religion they gave me
Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
With the religion they gave me
'Cause this Irish son has moved with the times
I've seen so much that has changed me
Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
In the cell blocks at our schools
Don't fill my head with sermons
I don't need that kind of salvation
But it was leaving that saved me
This is the city that raised me
When you can't trust your own
When I get hurt
Wedding's deaths and baptizing children
We can't do it on our own
We were warped by the Christian Brothers
Get a hand print on your skin
But it was leaving that saved me
So just break with your past, feed your own mind
Made get on our knees every Sunday
So just break with your past, feed your own mind
I've seen so much that has changed me
Our Father who art in Heaven
And force me to believe
Now I'm old enough to know my own mind
'Cause this Irish son has moved with the times
That I'm twice your size
The lunatics let run the asylum
Come down here and make your presence known
Bowed before your lies
How can we find peace inside your home
With the religion they gave me
I've seen so much that has changed me
This is the city that raised me
Go hit me now
That's my debt paid to the church
So just break with your past, feed your own mind
We brushed off the accusations
But it was leaving that saved me
Cos' this Irish son has moved with the times
From a glove of jewels
With the other fools
