Formed in the summer of 1981 by high school friends Dan Murphy, Karl Mueller, and Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum (named Loud Fast Rules up until 1984) quickly became frontrunners of American college rock, following in the tradition of fellow Minnesota bands Hsker Dand The Replacements. Landing their first record deal with Twin/Tone in 1984, Soul Asylum recorded a total of four albums for the local label: Say What You Will... Everything Can Happen in 1984 (later reissued as Say What You Will, Clarence... Karl Sold the Truck), Made to Be Brokenin 1986, While You Were Outin 1986, and the EP Clam Dip And Other Delightsin 1988. The band then switched to A&M, releasing Hang Timein 1988 and And the Horse They Rode in Onin 1990 under that label.
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Fearless Leader Lyrics

Soul Asylum

Jesus was a hippie, peace and love was all he was about
Thats why they killed him, cause that sh*ts something people cant figure out
Now some folks who worship him are the ones who would have cheered at the crucifixion
They got no conviction it doesnt matter if the man was fact or fiction
Nixon was a liar its the one thing believed to be true
But tricky dick was not a crook whatever that means, whatever presidents do
Money cant buy you children and nothing can bring them back to you
We all make mistakes we all need someone to look up to
But whore you gonna call your fearless leader
Whos gonna put your fears to bed
But heroes will never let you down just as long as theyre dead
Satan is a feeling, deviance it lurks in everyone
Guilty pleasures, mischievous behavior can be fun
No one made you do it, nobody but yourself to blame
Its always at your door and trouble is its name
But whore you gonna call your fearless leader
Whos gonna put your fears to bed
Sometimes you gotta pick and choose
Sometimes no matter what you lose
Divine was a woman whos private parts said she was a man
Those were his private parts the parts that he could never understand
But she was an actress she could be anything that she wanted
Her reality was the very thing that she flaunted
But whore you gonna call your fearless leader
Whos gonna put your fears to bed
But heroes will never let you down just as long as theyre dead
But whore you gonna call your fearless leader
When you run from fear you leave yourself behind
You cant dump your fears on someone else
Cause its all in your mind