Well, I suppose I brushed upon that sort of upbringing at times, but that's not the experience I had with most of the priests and nuns who were in my life when I was growing up. We had just enough of those weirdo priests and nuns to give a good measure of comic relief. The rest of them were truly extraordinary people. The song does seem to illustrate the way that many people "grew up Catholic," but I'm wondering if maybe they got hung up on the bad priests and nuns, and didn't notice the good ones.
Ever notice how a lot of people like to dwell on the negative side of life? They spend their lives looking for evidence to support their complaints.
-Joe Offer-