I'm a liberal backslider i've been sliding 'bout ten years People ask me how i'm doin' and i confirm all their fears I'm swearing like a trooper, and i'm drinking like a bum I'm a liberal backslider and it sure is a lot of fun. Been following these footsteps now for many a year gone by But you always upset someone there no matter how you try Well the good things they're forgotten if a bad thing comes around Now all these stones are flyin' they're gonna knock me to the ground I'm a liberal backslider…. I take a stand on justice, i take a stand on race Gonna take me a tv evangelist and punch him in the face I sing about the hope that's in me and ask why the poor aren't fed But if i don't tow the party line, it's be better if i were dead I'm a liberal backslider…. So i'll be asking for forgiveness then until the day i die Though i can't be sure of what i've done i think i'd better try Thank god you're not the jury, thank god i'm not the judge Here's to a bigger picture, here's to the bigger love! I'm a liberal backslider…