I was born in the heart of DublinnBack when being gay wasn't coolnMade get on our knees every Sunday with the other foolsnnWe were warped by the Christian BrothersnIn the cell blocks at our schoolsnGet a hand print on your skinnBefore you break their rulesnnGo hit me nownThat I'm twice your sizenBrushed off the accusationsnAnd bowed before your liesnnThis is the city that raised menWith the religion they gave menNow I'm old enough to know my own mindnAnd it was leaving that saved menI seen so much that has changed menJust break with your pastnFeed your own mindnThis Irish son has moved with the timesnnWeddings deaths or baptizing childrennThat's my debt paid to the churchnI don't need that kind of salvationnWhen I get hurtnnDon't fill my head with sermonsnAnd force me to believennThis is the city that raised menWith the religion they gave menNow I'm old enough to know my own mindnAnd it was leaving that saved menI seen so much that has changed menJust break with your pastnFeed your own mindn'Cause this Irish son has moved with the timesnnOur father who art in heavennCome down here and make your presence knownnWe can't do it on our ownnThe lunatics let run the asylumnHow can we find peace inside your homenWhen you can't trust your ownnnThis is the city that raised menWith the religion they gave menNow I'm old enough to know my own mindnBut it was leaving that saved menI've seen so much that has changed menSo just break with your pastnFeed your own mindn'Cause this Irish son has moved with the timesn'Cause this Irish son has moved with the times