New Pharisees - Charlie Daniels

They go walking into church every Sunday morning

They the self-appointed sin patrol

Well they whisper and they gossip behind the back

Of anybody that they can’t control

See that girl in the choir she’s got evil desires

She must be drinking from the devil’s well

She’s a downright disgrace with that paint on her face

She looks just like a Jezebel

And they’re running around putting everybody down

What are you trying to do?

You need to pick up the Book and take another look

'Cause brother I’ve got the news for you

You know Jesus was sent with a new covenant

And he even died for you

New pharisees like a fatal disease

Always flapping your jaws trying to live by the law

You see that boy over there with that long shaggy hair

Ought to be ashamed of his self

He wearing hip-hop clothes got a ring in his nose

Don’t he know he going straight to hell

And then yesterday morning me and sister Johnson

Were talkin' on the party line

She said that Deacon Brown was having dinner downtown

Somebody seen him with a glass of wine

And you act so righteous and you look so pious

You always pay your tithe

But there’s a rock in your heart and a fire on your tongue

And there ain’t no love in your eyes

Bad news is begotten and the devil is smiling

You gossip and you criticize

New pharisees like a fatal disease

Always flapping your jaws trying to live by the law

Well you can’t get by the law so quit flapping your jaws

New pharisees yes, you’re a lot like me