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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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lady preacher from the limestone church
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I'll never forget her, I guess
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She preached each Sunday
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morning on the local radio
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With a big black Bible and
dress
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Verse 2
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She was 19 years of age and
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was developed to a fault
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But I will admit she knew the Bible well
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A little white lace hanky marked the
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text that she would use
She'd breathe into that microphone
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and send us all to hell
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Verse 3
She had a guitar picker by
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the name of Luther Short
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A hairy-legged soul soul lost out in sin
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She would turn and smile at Luther when
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the program would commence
With a voice as sweet as angels she
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would break out in a hymn
Verse 4
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I was picking for her too with what
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we call the doghouse bass
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I clung to every word that passed her lips
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She was down on booze and cigarettes
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and high on days to come
And she'd punctuate the prophecy with
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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The Lord knows how I loved her,
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he was there each time she preached
But ol' Luther took her home
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Looking back I still recall the
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way it hurt my tender pride
I longed to be a hero but they're
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Verse 6
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Sometimes ol' Luther showed
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up at the stu dio half-tight
And And smoking was a
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thing he liked to do
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She never said a word to him
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but said a prayer for me
I told her in a way that I'd been
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Verse 7
One Sunday her old man showed up
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and said that she was gone
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Said she and brother Luther had a call
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I can see me standing in that studio that day
I had to face the heartbreak,
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unemployment and all
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Verse 8
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I don't know where they are 'cause I
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ain't seen them people since
Lord if I judge 'em let me
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give 'em lots o' room
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I know ol' Luther Short and he's
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a hard ol' boy to change
And I've often sat and wondered who
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it was converted whom
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