Name: Oh, Sweet Preacher
Duration: P00H04M46S
Description: Recorded in 2009

Oh, Sweet Preacher

by paperpeople

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Recorded in 2009

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Oh preacher, sweet preacher, can i shoot with you straight?
I would go to your mass but can't handle the weight.
Around this church you've built quite a fence
and I'm going to Hell for my common sense.

Oh preacher, sweet preacher, you call this organized?
Can we dial down all the sex and the crimes?
I can't be certain but I must assume
I didn't expect this when God gave you the room.

Will you baptize me in sparkling water?
Will you anoint my furrowed brow?
Will you shake my hand as I'm delivered,
stand up, and take a bow?

Oh preacher, sweet preacher, you'd best to repent
when salvation comes down to dollars and cents.
Though your image is spotless; not a hair out of place,
I can hear the screams comin' behind that smiling face

Oh preacher, sweet preacher, you say you have a soul
but I'm damned for playing rock and roll.
You and your ilk driving cadillac cars,
I'll give my tithe to the corner bar.

Oh preacher, sweet preacher, I can't hear over the sighs.
You'd cut off your lids just to spite your blue eyes
Oh pastor, your sermon is so well-rehearsed
I can't help but wish that I'd thought of it first.

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released December 24, 2012
Words & Guitar: paperpeople
Produced by: Adam Morgan

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