Dar Williams - Teen For God lyrics

The sun burns down Leaving God's bright stamp On Peach Branch Horse and Bible Camp Where we're splashing in the water Joined in song Swimming with the Spirit the whole day long I'm a teen for God God is watching - teen for God God is watching - teen for God The girls have looks and the girls have rules They came here from their Bible schools They can make you pay attention To the way you dress and eat Make you trip over your own two feet and they Kneel down on their towels at night Their nightgowns glow with a Holy light And we pray for the sinners And their drunken car wrecks And vow that I'll never get high And have s** I'm a teen for God God is watching - teen for God God is watching - teen for God And God made every leaf on every tree Each grain of sand God has a plan For what we're meant to be I gotta wait for God Dear Lord I plan each day The things I will not do or say But I'm driven by a pa**ion Is it only there to tame? It fills my heart and it calls my name and This world that you made for us I know, I know, is dangerous So I ride a lot of horses And I never even swear Sorta like praying I'm just not there Oh God God is watching - oh God God is watching But God made love God made the rivers run And cowboy boots and bathing suits And the boy's skin dries in the sun... You gotta help me, God Help me know, four years from now I won't believe in you anyhow And I'll mope around the campus And I'll feel betrayed All those guilty summers I stayed But then I'll laugh That I fell for the lure Of the pain of desire to feel so pure And I'll bear all the burdens Of my little daily crimes Wish I had a God for such cynical times Far from today But for now I'm a sacred vessel Rip me open - I spread your word Like a milkweed pod I'm a radio station - Your Holy transmission Even more, like a lightning rod I'm a lightning rod - a teen for God God is watching - teen for God God is watching... a teen for God