Bareknuckle Hymn
Cowboy in a Suit
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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Bareknuckle Hymn
By Cowboy in a Suit · Modern Dark Blues
From the album Let 'em Talk
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Lyrics
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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