From the recording Steel and Wool
Lyrics
Not a Man of God
By Kim Beggs Key of C
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Grandma was only ten and three
An orphan lost in the woods for a week
She was saved by the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
Soon her womb did start to show
Through a dress she made on her own
That seed was sewn the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry
Daddy came to believe his father was dead
He wept with everything left unsaid
Wept in confession with the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
At thirty and three, Grandma did talk
All about the broken grandfather clock
Daddy is the son of the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry
Grandma couldn’t quit drinking the turpentine
So Daddy stood tall and dark in the pines
He broke the spine of the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
Now Daddy is drinking the prison water
Kicking up dirt with killers and robbers
But down in the hole is the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry
Mama told me so E7…..| Am