I REMEMBER DADDY
HELD THE BIBLE
LIKE A GUN
BACK WHEN I WAS
A PENTECOSTAL
GOSPEL PREACHER'S SON
AND I
STILL CAN SEE
THE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
IN HIS EYES
WHEN HE PREACHED
TO PEOPLE IN A TENT
REPENT BEFORE YOU DIE
ME I'D SNEAK OUT BACK
WITH SOME SAINTLY
SOUTHERN GIRL
AND THERE I'D TEACH HER
THE WAYS OF THIS
WORLD
WELL I
GUESS I WAS 'A
WAY TOO WILD
TO BE THE CHILD
OF A PREACHER MAN
ONE FOOT ON
THE SOLID ROCK AND
ONE ON THE SINKIN' SAND
JUST LIKE
THE PRODIGAL SON
I GUESS I GOT
WAY TOO LOST
LIVIN' SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN
THE DEVIL
AND THE CROSS
I WAS DADDY'S
WORST NIGHTMARE
BY THE TIME
I TURNED EIGHTEEN
BAPTIZED IN
A WHISKEY RIVER
ON THE STREETS OF
NEW ORLEANS WHERE
THE DEMONS DRUGS
AND ROCK AND ROLL
THEY SEEMED TO CLOG
MY MIND
AND WOMEN
WERE A WEAKNESS
FOR WEEKS AT A TIME
I LEARNED
THE HARD WAY
WHAT YOU REAP
IS WHAT YOU SOW
SO IN SILENT
DESPERATION
ONE NIGHT
I HEADED HOME
YEAH I
GUESS I WAS 'A
WAY TOO WILD
TO BE THE CHILD
OF A PREACHER MAN
ONE FOOT ON
THE SOLID ROCK WITH
ONE ON THE SINKIN' SAND
JUST LIKE
THE PRODIGAL SON
I GUESS
I GOT WAY TOO LOST
LIVIN' SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN
THE DEVIL AND
THE CROSS
DADDY DID MORE
THAN TALK THE TALK
HE WALKED THE WALK
IN LIFE
HE LOVED ME
AND FORGAVE ME
WHEN I CAME HOME
THAT NIGHT HE SAID SON
DON'T EVER BE ASHAMED
FOR GOD FORGIVES
THE LOST
WE ALL LIVE
SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN
THE DEVIL
AND THE CROSS LORD I
GUESS I WAS 'A
WAY TOO WILD
TO BE THE CHILD
OF A PREACHER MAN
ONE FOOT ON
THE SOLID ROCK AND
ONE ON
THAT SINKIN' SAND YEAH
JUST LIKE
THE PRODIGAL SON
I GUESS I GOT WAY
TOO LOST
LIVIN' SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN
THE DEVIL
AND THE CROSS
WOAH WOAH
OH WOAH OH
OH WOAH