Bible And A .44

Album: Jalopies & Expensive Guitars (2016)
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  • He had a Southern drawl like a redbone hound
    And every song he sang was my favorite sound
    He'd be the last one off if the ship went down
    The kind of man it feels good to be around
    The kind of man it feels good to be around

    He had hair as white as a cotton field
    And he could spin you a story like a wagon wheel
    He never went nowhere without a rod-n-reel
    Lord, I miss that man and I always will
    I miss that man and I always will

    He'd see through a lie like an old screen door
    He taught me how to hunt and how to love the Lord
    He carried a Bible and a .44
    And they just don't make 'em like that no more

    He said, "Take what you've got and do the best you can"
    The best thing you'll ever own is a piece of land
    Ya'll, he knew his like the back of his hand
    He was something else, my old man
    He was something else, my old man

    He'd see through a lie like an old screen door
    He taught me how to hunt and how to love the Lord
    He carried a Bible and a .44

    And they just don't make 'em like that no more
    I saw him strum this thing every chance he could
    And he left it to me like he said he would
    And if you ask me why it sounds so good
    It's cause I'm holding more than strings and wood
    I'm holding more than strings and wood

    He'd see through a lie like an old screen door
    He taught me how to hunt and how to love the Lord
    He carried a Bible and a .44
    And they just don't make 'em like that no more
    No, they just don't make 'em like that no more Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Cb Campbell from Thunder Bay OntarioTrisha may not have recorded an album with Patty Lovelace but they both sang backup on He Thinks He’ll Keep Her with Mary Chapin Carpenter at the 1983 CMA awards.
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