Preachers hands

She married the law man
Of that one horse town
When nobody's looking, oh how he loved to
Throw her around
 
 
He hid behind his badge
She hid the evidence
You can't run from the law, hide at all
When you live with him
 
 
Her daddy's still the preacher
Of the baptist church
He couldn't stand, what that man
Was doing to her
 
 
And to this day it still remains a mystery
On the night the sheriff died and nobody saw a thing
 
 
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Nobody knows
Why his brakes went out, going around
That curve on salt rock mountain
Nobody knows
What he was doing out there in the middle of nowhere
Where they found him
And the congregation thinks its such a shame
His life had to end that way
Nobody knows
He aint in the promise land
And there is blood on the preacher's hands
 
 
Well they closed that case
Just an accident
And her daddy still prays, everyday
He'll be forgiven
But his baby girl
She was suffering
Battered and bruised, black and blue
He wouldn't let her leave
 
 
And to this day they still think he's with the Lord above
They don't know what an evil soul, that he was...
 
 
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No, no, no
Nobody knows
Why his radio failed when he called for help
Nobody heard him
Nobody knows
What really went on, all the clues were gone
Cause the fire burned them
And the congregation thinks its such a shame
His life had to end that way
Nobody knows
He aint in the promise land
And there is blood on the preacher's hands