A psychopath named Manson Took it to his head To save the world for sinners Let the Devil take command Well, he called himself the Holy One The preacher of the truth But lying in the dark unknown Would spurt forward the truth He was a mean man, he was a son of a bitch The murders he committed, they didn't get to him When they finally captured him They took him to his cell They showed him how the good boys Make the bad boys live in Hell Well, they beat him and they bruised him And they hit him with the wall But to tell them of his secrets Would make a bigger fate to befall A psychopath named Manson Took it to his head To save the world for sinners Let the Devil take command Well, he called himself the Holy One The preacher of the truth But lying in the dark unknown Would spurt forward the truth, oh