A Bible And A Belt

They were both made of leather Both black and frayed and worn I was brought up to respect them Since the day that I was born One came here from England It's been handed down for years The other one was ordered from A catalog at Sears One my mamma read to me till I was well into my teens And I thought all the other one was for Was to hold up daddy's jeans Till' I told a lie and learned it had another purpose too Out behind the shed my daddy said This'll hurt me more than you Cause one had my daddy's name on it And the other said King James With love it taught us lessons But we feared them both the same One led us to Heaven and the other left a welt Those were the days when kids were raised with a Bible and a belt I remember when I was twelve I stole a dime store comic book How mamma read where the scripture said to take back what I took When I refused my daddy grabbed my arm and said c'mon I needed more he knew than just Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John We'll sometimes it made me cry Sometimes it made me fightin' mad I'd wish I'd have been raised without them Like some other children had But now I'm grown with kids of my own And I know just how they felt Ya know it seems to me What the world still needs Is a bible and a belt Cause one had my daddy's name on it The other said King James With love it taught us lessons But we feared them both the same One led us to Heaven And the other hurt like he'll Those were the days when kids were raised with a bible and a belt A bible And a belt