Saints in Diesel
TitanChord
Lost my pulpit in '91
Caught with a deacon's wife in Memphis
Bought a Kenworth, bought a CB
And I been preachin' to the asphalt since
Mile marker eighty-two outside Knoxville
Pulled over, opened the Good Book wide
Read three verses to a hitchhiker named Jesse —
He said amen and asked me for a ride
Saints in diesel, ghosts in the gears
I been preachin' to mile markers thirty-eight years
My pulpit's a Peterbilt, my altar's I-40 —
And the Lord rides shotgun with me
Lord rides shotgun with me
Scripture comes faster at three a.m.
When the only light's a Pilot sign
I am closer to God in the sleeper berth
Than I ever was in line
There's a girl I baptized in '88
Now she rides with a man who don't pray
And I haul her name across this country
'Til the Lord sees fit to take it away
'Til the Lord sees fit to take it away
They unfrocked me, they un-named me
They cut my collar from my neck
But the Lord don't drive a Cadillac, brother —
The Lord drives a Kenworth, I bet
The Lord drives a Kenworth, I bet
Saints in diesel, ghosts in the gears
I been preachin' to mile markers thirty-eight years
My pulpit's a Peterbilt, my altar's I-40 —
And the Lord rides shotgun with me
Lord rides shotgun with me
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Saints in Diesel
By TitanChord · Modern Heavy Outlaw Rock
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Lyrics
Lost my pulpit in '91 Caught with a deacon's wife in Memphis Bought a Kenworth, bought a CB And I been preachin' to the asphalt since
Mile marker eighty-two outside Knoxville Pulled over, opened the Good Book wide Read three verses to a hitchhiker named Jesse — He said amen and asked me for a ride
Saints in diesel, ghosts in the gears I been preachin' to mile markers thirty-eight years My pulpit's a Peterbilt, my altar's I-40 — And the Lord rides shotgun with me Lord rides shotgun with me
Scripture comes faster at three a.m. When the only light's a Pilot sign I am closer to God in the sleeper berth Than I ever was in line
There's a girl I baptized in '88 Now she rides with a man who don't pray And I haul her name across this country 'Til the Lord sees fit to take it away 'Til the Lord sees fit to take it away
They unfrocked me, they un-named me They cut my collar from my neck But the Lord don't drive a Cadillac, brother — The Lord drives a Kenworth, I bet The Lord drives a Kenworth, I bet
Saints in diesel, ghosts in the gears I been preachin' to mile markers thirty-eight years My pulpit's a Peterbilt, my altar's I-40 — And the Lord rides shotgun with me Lord rides shotgun with me
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Genre: Modern heavy outlaw rock, trucker-gospel anthem, sacred/profane
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