Several Sins A Day

As God is watching, I'm committing several sins a day And I commit them even as I'm sitting down to pray I must admit that I committed several on the way Oh, how am I to pay for several sins a day? I know he disapproves of how I'm dressing when I wake He's adding to his list with every blessing that I make I must confess that I transgress with every breath I take Oh, how am I to pay for several sins a day? They're heating spikes on which to hook me Stirring pots in which to cook me Cauldrons filled with oil With ravens' wings and lizards' tails And spiders' legs and witches' nails Coming to a boil A certain kind of serpent that was bred and cared for Has a fang that's dripping venom just prepared for me It's worth the price if I can get the learning that I crave Even though I know my father's turning in his grave It wouldn't hurt if I was also learning to be brave For the time when I'll pay for my several sins a day I can't believe I've come this far and no one's gotten wise And seen through my disguise Or caught me in the lies I tell How long can I perpetuate this tampering with fate? I fear the answers wait for me in hell Caves to make me shake and shiver Filled with rats to eat my liver Bats to scratch my eyes With leeches keen to suck my blood And turn my marrow into mud Rejoicing in my cries All the demons that the wicked ever prayed to Wait with other evil things that I'm afraid to say As God is watching, I'm committing several sins a day And I commit them even as I'm sitting down to pray And I submit that I'm omitting several on the way Someday I'll have to pay for several sins a day I know that I will have to pay for several sins a day Someday I know I'll have to pay for several sins a day I know that I will have to pay for several sins a day