New Gospel

I could hear the TV playing
As I was coming up the stair
Loud enough the dead could hear
You’ve been watching all your
Game shows
Trying to find a code
Like there’s some trick
That they don’t want you to know
You’ve been stashing all your empties
In the neighbor’s bins
Like the landlord doesn’t know
You’re drinking
You’ve been sermonizing every day
Just to keep your ghosts away
It’s a wonder that you find
So much to say
Oh
You need a new gospel
Because the bottom fell out
The old one long ago