Bible Belt- Rogers/Shervelle/Casey
When that 4 letter word slipped out of my mouth
I could only hope daddy was passed out
But his shadow in the light
Meant he was gonna tan my hyde
Black leather sliding through his loops
Had a proverb’s verse
Engraved into his silver buckle
Wrapped around his knuckles
CHORUS
He brought down brimstone and fire
My tears didn’t make him realize
the road to heaven didn't have to go through Hell
the Whiskey made Daddy think the Lord needed help
With a bible belt
That King James Good Book in his jeans
Became a copper flask of Saint Jim Beam
He said “This is God’s plan”
When he took in his own hands
Quotin scriptures he whipped my skin
When he was through I couldn’t sit
I’d stand in the kitchen
Praying “God be with him.”
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Some say its where there from in the Midwest or the South
But for me growing up, it sure meant something else
CHORUS
He put down his brimstone and fire
Tears in his eyes he realized
the road to heaven didn’t have to go through Hell
he left behind the whiskey and turned to the Lord for help
My anger slowly faded like those welts
From that Bible belt