Bible Song

No strangers in this town

No one moves without making a sound

Live and die within the borders and lines

No one dies without paying their fines

No lovers in this town

The moon's full, but it sure ain't round

And just because you lie in his bed

Don't mean you meant the things you said

They marry young in these parts

They work the factories

So I ran as fast as I could

Through the tall grass

And the midnight woods

So nobody would sing some Bible song over me

My cousin died in his sleep

Forty pills, two kids to keep

And how will she explain to those kids

About the sorriest thing Daddy did?

They marry young in these parts

They raise their kids and set them free

So I ran as fast as I could

Through the tall grass

And the midnight woods

So nobody would sing some Bible song over me

They buried him out in the cold

He was only twenty-four years old

And how his mother came undone

When the choir sang "Hallelujah"

So I ran as fast as I could

Through the tall grass

And and the midnight woods

I ran as fast as I could

Through the tall grass

And the midnight woods

Hallelujah, hallelujah, ahhh

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah