Brandi Carlile
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“Sinners, Saints, and Fools” is the ninth song on Brandi Carlile’s seventh studio album, In These Silent Days. It tells the story of a Christian man who is proud of his beliefs but directly contradicts them by turning away refugees and immigrants. The man is locked out of heaven at the end of his li...
[Verse 1]
Where the winds of change were blowin', there lived a God-fearing man
He was turning through his bible when he came up with a plan
He painted up a sign and held it high above his head
Waved it proudly in the air and this is what it read
[Chorus]
You can't break the law
There are reasons for the rules
I keep things safe here for everyone
The sinners, saints, and fools
The poor and huddled masses
Who arе hungry and afraid
You gotta do it by the book and there'll bе
No exceptions made
[Verse 2]
To the weary, desperate souls who washed up on the sand
He said, "We hadn't seen your paperwork" and he withdrew his hand
You know he never felt any safer, all the peace he hoped he'd find
And up until the day he died, he never changed his mind
[Chorus]
You can't break the law
There are reasons for the rules
They gotta keep it safe here for everyone
You sinners, saints, and fools
The poor and huddled masses
Who are hungry and afraid
You gotta do it by the book or there'll be
No exceptions made
[Verse 3]
By the time he got to Heaven, it was surrounded by a wall
The pearly gates were locked up tight, the golden chains and all
They said, "We cannot let just anyone walk in here anymore
You didn't do it by the book," and then they pointed to the floor
[Chorus]
You can't break the law
There are reasons for the rules
I keep things safe here for everyone
You sinners, saints, and fools
The poor and huddled masses
Who are hungry and afraid
You gotta do it by the book and there'll be
No exceptions made
[Outro]
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Sinners, Saints and Fools was written by Brandi Carlile & Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth.
Sinners, Saints and Fools was produced by Dave Cobb & Shooter Jennings.
Brandi Carlile released Sinners, Saints and Fools on Fri Oct 01 2021.
In an interview with Stereogum, Carlile said,
To me, there’s nothing on planet Earth more maddening than the religious right’s rejection of displaced people. It’s just baffling. It could only be from a place of abstract evil, that there would be anything Christian about the concept of rejecting som...