Story Behind The Song
I was looking for a gunslinger type story line when this one popped up.
I was torn as to whether the preacher should repent after the murder, or become a bad ass gunslinger.
Song Description
A preacher hunts down hyis wife and her lover and murders them in an act of vengenace.
Realizing what he has done he takes his on life and is left trapped at the gates of hell for his sins.
| Song Length |
2:49 |
Genre |
Country - Cowboy, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Non 4/4 |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Aggressive |
Subject |
Violence, Cowboy |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
Preacher
( c ) Mo Budlong
818.951.5240
mobudlong@aol.com
There?s a tale of a preacher
And his beautiful wife.
She left for a stranger.
She?d broken his life.
So he raged against heaven
And he picked out a gun.
He saddled up vengeance.
His preachin? days done.
With the wild wind behind him
On a cold starless night
He rode in to the desert
Like the devil in flight.
When he found the tall stranger
And his beautiful wife
He wept for see them.
Then he took their life.
And the smoke over main street
Hid the dead on the ground
And the preacher on one knee
Chambered one file round.
Now you can?t go to heaven
With a gun in your hand.
And the preacher stands wailing
At the gates of the damned.
Now you can?t go to heaven
With a gun in your hand
And the preacher stands wailing