[Verse 1]
I stone your preachers and your Palestine laws
I burn your temples and your makeshift gods
Let’s go, let’s go and mess up this town
Tear buildings to the parched ground

[Pre-Chorus]
Wait now hold on a minute
I’ve got something to say
I tortured peasants in my cut-throat days
And murdered men on this grief-stricken land
Take me by your strong hand

[Chorus]
And when the people are dragging you down
You keep on laughing as they kick you around
Who, who do you say I am
I say you’re Lightning Paul
The ballad of a haunted man

[Verse 2]
Hard sell seduction only gets in my way
I’ve got a method that I know won’t fail
And don’t defend those that don’t understand
No, string ‘em up and let ‘em hang
[Pre-Chorus]
Wait now hold on a minute
I’ve got something to say
I beg forgiveness for my cut-throat days
And I’m kissed off with the state that I’m in
So give me all that faith brings

[Chorus]
And when the people are dragging you down
You keep on laughing as they kick you around
Who, who do you say I am
I say you’re Lightning Paul
The ballad of a haunted man