They took the shrine to the temple
But he wasn`t there
They checked the mosque and the chapel
No, not there

Since you`ve been away on holiday
The natives are all nightmares
Since you`ve been away on holiday
I did dream you`d disappear

You keep us on a leash you can`t conceive
But still must adhere to

The natives are whipping each other
Over which God they prefer
I wish you`d do us all a favor
And just differ

Since you`ve been away on holiday
We don`t know which God is which
And since you`ve been on holiday
It`s getting harder to give a s**t

So if you stayed away on holiday
We could get on with this
I mean we could evolve like this
If you`d just call it quits

Since you`ve been away on holiday
We`ve stomached your archaic rule
And since you`ve been away on holiday
We`ve hosted some wars over you

So stay away on holiday, my friend
We don`t need your services
Your excuses
Your mysterious ways, your mysterious ways
Your mysterious ways, your mysterious ways

What a mysterious way to be hanged
What a mysterious way to just go away

Lord, let us go
Lord, let us go
Lord, let us go
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