How to be Righteous Songtext
von Melissa Ferrick

Don′t judge me
I will judge myself
I will lie in my bed at night wide awake or asleep
I'll feel pain
When I know I have given it
Everything I put up to the world, I know, comes back to me

But when angels hear the devil′s calling
My vision's unclear, got no sense at all
I'm hoping I will obey my conscience
I wanna learn how to be righteous
Yeah, I saw it on a TV show
I bought the book, you know
Paid attention when I thought the teacher was talking to me
But it′s not easy, no
To give it up, let it go
All these feelings that are burning and building up inside of me


Yeah, so when angels hear the devil′s calling
My vision's unclear, got no sense at all
I′m hoping I will obey my conscience
Oh, I need to learn how to be righteous, yeah
Yeah, how to be righteous

So, I will look at all I have
And I will claim it
Won't let anybody else ever tell me who I should be
I will look in the mirror
And gaze in my children′s eyes
I will not give a damn about what anybody else thinks of me

Yes, and when questions come, I'll answer right
Be true to myself, maybe put up a fight
Will not be decreed, I will obey my conscience
Yeah, I wanna learn
Oh, how I need to learn how to be righteous, yeah
How to be righteous