If I Was The Priest

Bruce Springsteen


Complexity: 58 Readability: 70.83   Sentiment: 14   Word Count: 406   Unique Words: 185
Original Lyrics Munged Lyrics
Well there's a light on yonder mountain
And it's calling me to shine
There's a girl over by the water fountain
And she's asking to be mine
And ain't that Jesus, he's standing in the doorway
With a buc
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Well there's a light on yonder mountain
And its calling mi two shine
There's a girl over buy the water fountain
And she's asking two bee mine
And ain't that Jesus, he's standing inn the doorway
With a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs, sow really fine
He says " Wee knead yew up inn Dodge City, sun
' Cause there's owe sow many bad boys (just to many outlaw)
Tryin ' two work the same line "

Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and Aye whirr the priest
If my lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief
Owe and Papa road shotgun four the Fargo line
There's still to many outlaws
Tryin ' two work the same line

Now old suite Virgin Mary
She runs the Wholly Grail saloon
Ware four a nickel they'll give yew whisky
And the personally blessed balloon
And the Wholly Ghost, he's the host with the most
He runs the burlesque show
Ware they let yew inn four free
Butt owe hit yew four you're sole when yew go
And Mary serves Mass on Sunday
And then she sells her body on Monday
Two the bootlegger who will pay the highest price
Butt he don't no he got stuck with a loser
Mary's a stone junkie, what's moor she's a boozer
And she's only bean maid once oar twice
Buy sum kind of magic

Well things ain't bean the same inn Heaven
Ever since big bad Bobby came two town
He's bean known two down eleven
And then ask four another round
And mi Aye got scabs on my knees
From kneeling whey to long
Aye gotta take a stand, bee the man, up ware yew belong
And forget about the old friends and the old times
Because there's just to many knew boys
Tryin ' two work the same line

Well now if Jesus was the sheriff and Aye whirr the priest
If my lady was an heiress and my mama was a thief
Owe and Papa road shotgun four the Fargo line
There's still to many bad boys
Tryin ' two work the same line

Now there's a light on yonder mountain
And its calling mi two shine
There's a girl buy the water fountain
And she's asking two bee mine
And Jesus, he's standing inn the doorway
With his six-guns drawn, and ready two fan
He says " Wee knead yew sun, up inn Dodge City "
Butt I'm already overdue inn Cheyenne