As the preacher stumbles from his castle of sin And his vision gets distorted from the bottle within But his mouth slurs out the words from a sober heart They cut deep into open nerves then they tear you apart This is the ballad of the bullet proof poet This is the ballad, don't I know it He gave Jesus tattoos and took the devil's soul He got the angels drunk and gave them the gutter for a home This is the ballad of the bullet proof poet This is the ballad, don't I know it He loved the most beautiful girl in the mist of wine A last kiss through cigarette smoke then she quietly slipped of the edge of time This is the ballad of the bullet proof poet This is the ballad, don't I know it