"I need the saint of laughter, I need the saint of tears, I need the saint detective who can find my stolen years"

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“Christ would be careful, Christ would be brave, but Christ he would never be anyone's slave.”

“I need the saint of healing, I need the saint of health -- I shot the saint of money, beat up the saint of wealth”

“I need the saint of needing, I need the saint of loss -- the one who gave up wanting his heart to trash to toss”

“Christ would be rocking, Christ would be free, he'd say there's no difference between you and me.”

“Christ would wear cowboy boots, Christ would have sex, Christ would eat pizza and cut blackjack decks”

“The saint of killers too afraid to kill”

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