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