Every Head Bowed

Sunday morning was a fight

I was running from a clip-on tie

It took daddy's belt to get me in my Sunday best

Lord, supper would go on past

Cracker crumbs and a little shot glass

I was starving to death 'cause I didn't know Jesus yet

But I was saved by a month-old Twinkie and my corduroy coat

When every head bowed, every eye closed

Amazing grace, don't make a sound

Or mama's gonna wear that backside out while shouting hallelujah

If you raised your hand or came on down to repent of your sins

There'd be a little kid staring a hole right through ya

But I wasn't no angel so I wasn't gonna throw no stones

When every head bowed, every eye closed

Pass the plate and altar call

Every verse of I Surrender All

Squirming in my seat, tummy growling like a grizzly bear

Hit the door as the service closed

Hopped in the car, burned up the road

To the KFC 'cause I'm gonna beat the Catholics there

While they were still confessing, we were blessing our mashed potatoes

With every head bowed, every eye closed

While daddy said the grace, put that fork back down

Or mama's gonna wear that backside out while shouting hallelujah

I could have sworn I lost fifteen pounds

Lust for finger-licking greasy fried

Chicken burns a hole right through ya

While daddy's still praying, everybody's dinner done got cold

With every head bowed, every eye closed

Well, God never struck me down

Guess he thought it was a pretty good show

Every head bowed, every eye closed

Every head bowed, every eye closed