No doubt the prayers of my mother Have taken me a ways down the line And Id swear the life of my sister Well shes brighter than the sun when she shines And I have been baptized in water I have been baptized in fire And Ive knelt with both hands on the altar And Ive even sang in the choir Thereve been forks in the road when Ive had to choose... I pray Hell forgive me for singing the backslider blues Chorus Yeah the backslider blues aint a hard song to sing You know right from wrong, you just dont do a thing Stand there alone, feeling battered and bruised Singing the backslider blues. From the stained glass light of the chapel To the neon haze of the bars From the wine of Holy Communion To the liqour thats left me the scars From the Bible that sets on my dresser To her clothes strung all across the floor From the prayers from my friends when they need me To the times that Ive ran out the door I?ve been taken by surprise by some women in rouge I pray Hell forgive me for singing the backslider blues I hope that we can all make it To the place where true freedom rings And I pray that they have us some guitars So we can walk through the red buds and sing Never know when youre out on lifes highway Gabriel might pull up to you Say child climb in and ride shotgun And well see what this big rig can do Therell be nothing more to say and nothing left to lose Hell have forgotten when we sang the backslider blues Chorus Singing the backslider blues Im just singing the backslider blues
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