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I don't need no religion

Because I got the Lord

I don't need to work up to Him

He came down and did it all

I don't need no barefoot pilgrimages

I don't need no porcelain images

I don't need no candles lit

I don't need no penance sit

Oh, no

I don't need no religion

Jesus came and touched me

I don't need no religion

He came down and changed me

I don't need no religion

Unless it's out of loving Him in Faith

I don't need no religion

I don't need no load on my back

No fall down failure, no asceticism

No fall back

I thought that I would work my way

Into God's kingdom someday

But He let me know in time

Now I'm in His kingdom

And He's ruling mine

I don't need no religion

He came down and changed me

I don't need no religion

Don't have to do a thing

I don't need no religion

Unless it's out of loving Him in faith