[Verse 1]
             
Bottles and bi

/
bles
         
Litter the flo

or
            
An all night r

   
evival
            
Passed out aro

  
und 4

              
Now the preach

             
er's been drin

/
kin'
           
But it's hard 

       
not to do
            
Since she ran 

             
out the screen

  
 door
            
And swore they

        
 were through

(Pre Chorus)
            
Oh Lord, if yo

              
u care, send a

   
 spirit down h

ere
             
Cause the prea

             
cher's been dr

                 
inkin' again

[Chorus]
            
But it's a har

             
d way to go, o

              
n the straight

    
 and narrow
              
When everybody

           
 in town point

              
s a finger at 

    
you
            
But they ain't

             
 had to walk w

              
ith the weight

          
 that you've h

auled
           
They don't kno

           
w you at all, 

              
but they think

          
 that they do

[Verse 2]
              
He didn't beli

    
eve her
           
He just knew s

           
he'd come home
            
But the nights

             
 kept a' crawl

  
in'
            
As he laid the

    
re alone

              
And he'd call 

       
up to heaven
           
And he'd hope 

          
and he'd pray
            
But the line's

           
 always busy
            
Since he went 

  
astray

[Pre Chorus]
            
Oh Lord, if yo

              
u care, won't 

     
you answer his

 prayers
             
Cause the prea

             
cher's been dr

                
inkin' again

[Chours]
            
But it's a har

             
d way to go, o

              
n the straight

    
 and narrow
           
When everybody

           
 in town point

              
s a finger at 

    
you
            
But they ain't

             
 had to walk w

              
ith the weight

           
 that you've h

auled
           
They don't kno

           
w you at all, 

              
but they think

           
 that they do

[Verse 3]
              
Now the bottle

        
s and bibles
           
Broke out in a

   
 fight
            
The whiskey fo

            
ught hard, son
            
And took the v

             
ictory that ni

/
ght

              
They found him

      
 a' layin'
           
Face down by t

     
he stairs
            
Dressed up for

       
 a sermon
            
Nobody would h


ear

(Pre Chourus)
            
Oh Lord, if yo

              
u care, send y

    
our angels dow

n here
            
Cause the prea

              
cher's been dr

          
inkin' again

[Chorus]
            
But it's a har

             
d way to go, o

              
n the straight

     
 and narrow
           
When everybody

           
 in town point

              
s a finger at 

  
you
            
But they ain't

           
 had to walk w

              
ith the weight

            
 that you've h


auled
           
They don't kno

           
w you at all, 

              
but they think

          
 that they do