Church of Country Music

Ladies and gentlemen in the honky-tonk

Please rise for the church of country music

I'm just a singer standing on a stage

Following the footsteps of those who led the way

When the dance floor is busy, I sell a lot of beer

In the barrooms and the honky-tonks, fifty weeks a year

I do the favorites everybody knows

Waltzes and two-steps and a whole lot that I wrote

It's after midnight and Saturday is gone

It's Sunday morning, I'm drunk, now here's a gospel song

In the church of country music, there's an altar in the sky

This is where we come to praise the singers throughout all time

Above the voices of the great ones, there is a throne

In the church of country music, we believe in George Jones

I've been playing possum all night long

If it weren't for last call, I'd sing 'til dawn

The race is on just to do you every song I know

Unlike my hero, I never miss a show

I say a prayer every time I step out in the lights

Thank you for the music and may I treat it right

Bless the boys in the band, they're everything I've got

When it comes to music, I'm strictly orthodox

In the church of country music, there's an altar in the sky

This is where we come to praise the singers throughout all time

Above the voices of the great ones, there is a throne

In the church of country music, we believe in George Jones

Freedom of religion, that is your choice

Bow down your head or raise up your voice

You might be a believer or maybe you don't know

In the end you'll have to find your answer on your own

I have a creed to which I stand true

I'll never sing seven songs without a hurting tune

I've made peace with the music that I chose

Forgive me Merle Haggard but I believe in Jones

I've made peace with the music that I chose

Forgive me Hank Williams, I believe in George Jones