On your knees, on your knees On your knees, on your knees Pray for the wicked Pray for the wicked world Pray for the wicked We got to pray for the wicked Adam told Eve in a lover's quarrel Should've never shook that apple tree Ever since that day we got a messed-up world Evil sin has found its company Got a sheik in the desert, a pope in Rome Got a synagogue around my block And they all got the answers, but one thing's clear Only God knows how much time we got Pray for the wicked Pray for the wicked world Pray for the wicked We got to pray for the wicked Sodom and Gomorrah burned down in flames Met their makers at the gates of hell In our big tall cities, it's a crying shame Desperate people, broken souls to sell It's an ancient old story, a child is born Soon he learns to make the devil dance Shakes his fist at heaven and turns his back On his knees he gets a second chance Pray for the wicked Pray for the wicked world Pray for the wicked We got to pray for the wicked On your knees, get down on your knees On your knees, I'm begging you, please On your knees, get down on your knees On your knees! Wow, oh, yeah For the wages of sin is death And death rides a pale horse And hell follows with him But if you haven't sinned Pray for the wicked Pray for the wicked world Pray for the wicked We got to pray for the wicked Yeah, yeah, yeah Pray for the wicked (Oh! Get down on your knees) Pray for the wicked world (And pray) Pray for the wicked (Ow! Get down on your knees) We got to pray for the wicked And pray for the wicked Pray for the wicked Ow! Are we ready! Yeah, whoa-whoa-whoa, yeah