♫ Verse 1: F G F G C G I met Dinah at the Bible study when I was eight years old F G F G C G She was just a story to them, but to me she was more than they told C G C G They said “Be God fearing, don’t be messing with those non-believing” ♫ Chorus: C Fm F C Fm F So I’ve been in the church making sure no one’s looking up my skirt But I Do not feel safe here C Fm F C Fm F I wanna feel alive, Do you thrive knowing that our God favours you over me dear?
♫ Verse 2: F G F G C G Dinah’s old man said he thought all of her girlfriends were whores F G F G C G In the end she got exactly what she’d been searching for C G C G When that man took her out for a spin, she said no but he did not listen ♫ Chorus: C Fm F C Fm F So I’ve been in the church making sure no one’s looking up my skirt But I Do not feel safe here C Fm F C Fm F I wanna feel alive, Do you thrive knowing that our God favours you over me dear? ♫ Bridge: C Fm G The same thing happened to me when I was only seventeen C Fm G Do you think I got what I deserved? Do you think God's just trying to be seen? C F C G By us non-believers? By us non-God fearers? ♫ Chorus: C Fm F C Fm F So I’ve been in the church making sure no one’s looking up my skirt But I Do not feel safe here C Fm F C Fm F I wanna feel alive, Do you thrive knowing that our God favours you over me dear? ♫ Outro: C Fm F Two witness rule, oh that’s cool C Fm F Go ahead and play the fool while I Do not feel safe here C Fm F I’ve been in the church but the church is in my skirt C Fm F I’ve been in the church but the church is in my skirt C Fm F I’ve been in the church but the church is in my skirt C Fm F And my skirt defines my worth in the church, Dear daddy