[Verse 1]
Well, I never really understood religions
Except it seems a good reason to kill
Everybody's got their own conceptions
And you know they always will

[Chorus 1]
These days are needles under my skin
Jesus shooting heroin

[Verse 2]
If there are priests at your party
And you're playing cards that are numbered
And you got no reason to think it
Until your chances are uncovered

[Chorus 2]
Tell me that I got to believe in
Jesus shooting heroin

[Bridge]
The police in New York City
Chased a boy right through the park
In a case of mistaken identities
They put a bullet through his heart
[Verse 3]
I met Mary on the corner with the streetlights
She asked me if I'd come up to her room
I told her that I didn't have no money
She said she had to leave pretty soon

[Chorus 3]
I decided that I would go in
Jesus shooting heroin