Tonart: A major
Verse 1
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Well,
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brother Joe never had a lot
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Started preaching at the church down by mile marker 17 He works his days,
he works his nights
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Spends his time saving lives
he goes home to his beautiful family
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His sweet, sweet Valerie, well,
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He ever found God in the first place
He thinks back to the first date
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He was nervous, jumbling his word
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Sweating when he tried to flirt
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He'd just never seen a woman
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in the world as beautiful as her
Verse 2
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She told him all about Jesus and the
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love He had to give
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A few years passed now and they're
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thinking 'bout some kids
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They popped out a couple few,
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they sit up in the front pew
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Every Sunday morning when
he's in the pulpit
Spreading gospel to the room
Verse 3
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Well, preacher man, he's so in love
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his three sons
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And every morning when he wakes
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He thanks the good Lord up above
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This life he lives' more than enough
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Sometimes things get tough
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But he does it for his Valerie
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Who pulled him from the rough,
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yeah
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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It was a Sunday night,
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he was back in his office
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He was writing them talking points
for the sermon next week
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He was writing about forgiveness
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and rolling with the punches
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If you catch one on the chin
You just gotta turn the other cheek
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A phone started ringing,
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Some old gospel hymn he learned from sweet,
sweet Valerie
Verse 5
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He checked who was calling,
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he knew something was off
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When he saw the sheriff's
office on the caller ID
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He picked up and the call and
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his heart started dropping
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He don't get this way often but
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he's gritting his teeth
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Someone broke into the parsonage,
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the neighbors heard the poppin'
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Before the lady finished,
he was down on his knees
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She told him they caught him,
two broken locks and
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Three little bodies and his sweet,
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sweet Valerie
Verse 6
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Well, the preacher man, he's got a gun
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He don't wanna hurt no one
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But he believed that Jesus needed him
To leave a bullet in a man's head
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He knows that come the risen sun,
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it'll all be said and done
it right tonight
If he don't paint the walls red
Verse 7
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He puts the steel to his own head
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Two words is all he said
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Tears streaming down his cheek
as he let out a "Jesus wept"
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What the hell is all this for?
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Lifeless body hits the floor
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Soul is headed home, sweet
home to his three boys
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sweet Valerie
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Oh, his sweet Valerie,
Interlude 2
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Verse 8
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Brother Joe never had a lot
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Started preaching at the church
down by mile marker 17
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