Don't Disturb the Righteous!

Don't Disturb the Righteous Verse 1 I paid my money like everybody else, I live my life peaceful, keep to myself. Not obnoxious, not loud, not starting a fight — But I lit up a smoke and I lost my rights. Pre-Chorus Cigarettes, cigars, a pipe, or a joint — Half the country's legal now, but that ain't the point. Chorus Don't disturb the righteous! Get out of the way! Shove the smokers to the edge where the rain holds sway. Under a dripping gutter, in the cold and the wet, Emasculate the men — make the humans forget They're people too, with money that they spent — Don't disturb the righteous! To the edges you're sent! Verse 2 They herded us outside like cattle to the rain, Dripping off the gutters, treated with disdain. "You'll offend the righteous with your filthy cloud" — We're standing in the open air, not even in a crowd! Pre-Chorus Out in the open wind, the smoke just blows away, But the righteous need their victims — that's the game they play. Chorus Don't disturb the righteous! Get out of the way! Shove the smokers to the edge where the rain holds sway. Under a dripping gutter, in the cold and the wet, Emasculate the men — make the humans forget They're people too, with money that they spent — Don't disturb the righteous! To the edges you're sent! Bridge Do you really smell it from twenty feet away? Is your health destroyed by an outdoor haze? This isn't about health, it's about control — Moralizing vultures trying to claim your soul. I paid good money and I live my life in peace, But the righteous need their lepers, and the judgment never ceases. Final Chorus Don't disturb the righteous! Get out of the way! Shove the smokers to the edge where the rain holds sway. Under a dripping gutter, in the cold and the wet — We're human beings too, don't you ever forget! We paid our money and we live our lives in peace — The righteous and their judgment will never ever cease!