Church of the Cardboard Saints

from Courage Before Comfort by George Harris

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Sweatshop crowded chapel on a Sunday
Hymns flounder on the lips of the gathered
Half cut form the night before
And everything’s spent but a penny for the plate
Everything’s spent but a penny for the plate

And everyones a drunkard and a fornicator
So prester says
Saturday’s party dress is Sunday’s best
Glory Glory Glory O
Glory Glory Glory O

Cotton Dress and bright blue shoes
Front row sinister pew
Rapt by his toffee tantalizing tongue
And tripping on her own communion
Tripping on her own communion.

In the yellow light of the mid-day pews
He knelt with her to share the good news
She laid him down and gave him some of her own
Glory Glory Glory O
Glory Glory Glory O

In the afterglow
She heard his sins
With a lusty kiss
she blessed him
In the name of the weak of flesh
and wayward hearts

And he sang
Glory for the love of an earthly heart
Glory for the love of an earthly heart

And he sang Glory Glory Glory O
Glory Glory Glory O
Glory for the love of a wayward heart
Glory for the love of an earthly heart

There’s hope every Sunday In God's Good Grace
Salvation in a friendly face
A Masquerade of faith
In the church of cardboard saints

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from Courage Before Comfort, released January 7, 2017

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George Harris Prince George, British Columbia

George writes simple yet evocative songs. They deal with aspects of our shared humanity and chew those fleeting moments that add wonder and substance to our life.

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