The Gospel According To Hank
		                           Lonnie Spiker


Verse
Well I heard that he walked on whiskey
but kept the Lord close by his side
her cheatin and her cold cold heart 
taught him how to cry
Verse on verse soaked in hurt of sinners and of saints
that’s The Gospel According To Hank

Verse
You can hear him at the alter’s 
where liquid spirits flow
with a choir of honky tonk angels
and sawdust on the floor
Some try to write just like him but heaven knows they can’t
that’s The Gospel According To Hank

Chorus
Mind Your Own Business is a song we could use more of these days
He’s got us singing the Love Sick Blues out on the lost highways
He wrote I Saw The Light to get forgiveness and give thanks
that’s The Gospel According To Hank

Verse
Listen brothers and Sisters
To the words of luke the drifter
Who taught us how to judge not 
So we would not be judged
The message came from a higher power, the music made us think
that’s The Gospel According To Hank

Chorus
Mind Your Own Business is a song we could use more of these days
He’s got us singing the Love Sick Blues out on the lost highways
He wrote I Saw The Light to get forgiveness and give thanks
that’s The Gospel According To Hank

that’s The Gospel According To Hank