Halfway To Hazard - Devil and the Cross lyrics

I remember daddy held the Bible like a gun

Back when I was a Pentecostal gospel preacher's son

And I still can see the fire and brimstone in his eyes

When he preached to people in a tent, repent before you die

Me I'd sneak out back with some saintly, southern girl

And there I'd teach her the ways of this world

Well, I guess I was way too wild to be the child of a preacher man

One foot on a solid rock and one on the sinking sand

Just like the prodigal son, I guess, I got way too lost

Living somewhere in between the devil and the cross

I was daddy's worst nightmare by the time I turned eighteen

Baptized in a whiskey river on the streets of New Orleans

Where the demons, drugs and rock and roll, they seemed to clog my mind

And women were a weakness for weeks at a time

I learned the hard way, what you reap is what you sew

So in silent desperation, one night I headed home

Well, I guess I was way too wild to be the child of a preacher man

One foot on a solid rock with one on the sinking sand

Just like the prodigal son, I guess, I got way too lost

Living somewhere in between the devil and the cross

Daddy, did more than talk the talk, he walked the walk in life

He loved me and forgave me when I came home that night

He said, "Son, don't ever be ashamed for God forgives the lost.

We all live somewhere in between the devil and the cross."

Lord, I guess I was way too wild to be the child of a preacher man

One foot on a solid rock and one on that sinking sand

Just like the prodigal son, I guess, I got way too lost

Living somewhere in between the devil and the cross