[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Comely woman, why you treatin' me this way?
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Got religion, instead of lovin' now you're praying
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You know I know I was everything you need
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Traded good times for a reverend's guarantees
[Chorus 1]
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I ain't no preachin' man, don't know what to do
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I got those slowly sinkin' reformed Baptist blues
[Verse 2]
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Now you wake me when I should be sleepin' in
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Drag me out to get'n your place of worshipin'
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Missed the football now, six weeks in a row
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Gets depressing as I tread from door to door
[Chorus 2]
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I ain't no preachin' man, don't know what to do
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I got those slowly sinkin' reformed Baptist blues
[Bridge]
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Absolution is a bummer I have found
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Re-baptism's just another way around
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Past salvation doesn't interest me at all
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Found the answer at the bottom of a bottle
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Now you curse me every time I tell a lie
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Tradin’ my gold chains for those starch-back Texan ties
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Can't beseech it that our marriage is a fraud
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Can't get screwed around when the other guy is Gord
[Chorus 3]
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I ain't no preachin' man, don't know what to do (hoo!)
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I got those slowly sinkin' reformed Baptist blues (whoo)
[Outro]
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I got those slowly sinkin' reformed Baptist blues
G A E
Oh, I got those slowly sinkin' reformed Baptist blues
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Whoooo-ah, ha-ha-ha ha-ho, ha-ha-ha