you oughta meet some friends of mine
They're just like you and me
they work hard 
and at night they watch TV

They go to church on Sunday
And read their holy book
If you haven't read it 
You oughta have a look
 
it say do, they say talk   
it say share, they say walk
it say give, then they take
it say build, then they break
Those mixed up Christian friends of mine

I wonder what they mean when they said "blessed are the meek" 
I wonder who they mean when they said "turn the other cheek"

This world's so much confusion
with its trouble and its pain
some search for truth eternal 
I hope it's not in vain

some cling to holy scripture
swear every word is true
they read it and they quote it
but this is what they do
 
they say do, then they just talk   
they say share, then they just walk
they say give, then they take
they say build, and then they break
Those mixed up Christian friends of mine

I wonder who they mean when they said "feed the poor" 
I wonder what they mean when they said "open up your door”

Some folks don’t, just read that book
They put it to the test 
Matthew Mark Luke and John
Paul and all the rest

One man in my lifetime
a King with skin of brown
He talked it and he walked it
But a Christian gunned him down

they say come, then they go
they say love, then they say no
they say less, but they mean more
they say peace, then they make war
Those mixed up Christian friends of mine
Those mixed up Christian friends of mine

© Copyright 2006, 2025 Peter Lloyd
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Mixed-up Christians

Songwriter since 1966. Can't believe I still have to write protest songs. Prefer writing love songs and songs of praise for stand-up women and men, parodies, lyrical nonsense, blues and adaptations.