Bareknuckle Hymn

Bell rings hard at the back of the bar Sawdust kicked over the blood from before Two boys facing in the circle of light One of us walks, one of us crawls out the door

Took my shirt off, kissed the cross Spit the bourbon on the floor Said a Hail Mary through a busted lip And put my fist through the second four

Bareknuckle hymn, brother Bareknuckle hymn The pews are men with wallets out The pulpit is a chin Bareknuckle hymn

Right hook, jab, eat a left Crowd loves a man who can take a hit Saw my daddy in the second row Ghost in a hat, smokin' it

Took the hook on the temple, took it twice Took it like the lord himself Drove a knuckle through the cartilage And he hit the canvas like everybody else

Bareknuckle hymn, brother Bareknuckle hymn The pews are men with wallets out The pulpit is a chin Bareknuckle hymn

Some men pray with the rosary Some men pray with the sword I pray with my left hand wrapped in tape And the right one swearin' to the lord

Bareknuckle hymn, y'all Bareknuckle hymn Roll the body in a tarp out back Come back wearin' his ring on my pin Bareknuckle hymn Bareknuckle hymn

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