Preacher Man

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1938 rode the sunrise train from Odessa to Pasadena Never seen grass so green but he thought the air would be cleaner He’d been farming in that Texas soil all 20 years of life Raised by cowboys and callused hands Thought that be his life But when he stepped off of the train into sun and open shore he felt for the first time A call from the Lord So he made other plans Said I’m gonna be a preacher man Do what the Lord has told me to Go on and spread that good news With the Good Book in his hand Go across the land Tell them nothin’ but the truth That’s right a preacher man He put down that drink, he changed his ways, walked the straight and narrow Found his bride, then had a baby, first little girl they called sparrow Didn’t have much just a whole lotta love They went from town to town From the big tent revivals and tabernacles camp grounds Chorus The day came to say good bye to the love of his life 70 short years married to his sweet honey pie all his kids and grandbabies gathered all around they watched him brush his tears away when they put her in the ground she’s been through this troubled world with me and right there by my side I know I’m going to see with her again in the sweet by and by Til then….. I’m still a preacher man Do what the Lord has told me to Go on and spread that good news With the Good Book in his hand Go across the land Tell them nothin’ but the truth That’s right a preacher man writer: Chrystina L. Fincher 2010 ASCAP