Prechin' To The Choir
Rodney Crowell

My self importance is a god forsaken bore
I aim for heaven but I wake up on the floor
I'd take up with rattlesnakes to get my point across
I'd argue with a parking brake to show em who's the boss
It's my intention to inspire Instead I'm Preachin to the choir

I had some money but I blew it living high
My wine and women were the best that you could buy
I tried to prove myself a man of certain taste
But all I've got to show you now is written on my face
I'm not someone you'd admire but I'm still Preachin' to the choir

I'm born a lion but I don't believe it fits
I'm no King of the jungle out there livin by my wits
This morning's paper called for romance on a whim
I reckon I'd believe em' if they told me sink or swim
I'm under water not on fire but I'm still preachin to the choir

Baytown Texas there's a fisherman I knew
He read the bible and he spit tobacco too
He said that crap about the rod you spare to spoil the child
Is only propaganda meant to keep you in denial
Go on and follow your desire but he was Preachin to the choir

Time is of the essence when you're hanging by a thread
And the answer to your questions won't unravel in your head
When you're staring at forever from the edge of life's abyss
No one's gonna tell you how it all came down to this
If you say different your a liar I'm just preachin' to the choir

When I'm standing at the St Peters gate a trying to slip on in
I might as well plead guilty to the worst of who I've been
I used to like to think I had a special way with words
But right now I'm convinced I've more in common with the birds
I'm not ready to retire I'll keep on Preachin to the choir


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Lyrics by Rodney Crowell

  'til I Gain Control Again   'til I Gain Control Again   Above And Beyond   Adam's Song   After All This Time   Ain't No Money   Ashes By Now   Ballad Of Possum Potez   Banks Of The Old Bandera   Beautiful Despair (For James)   Best Years Of Our Lives   Big Heart   Brand New Rag   Bring It On Home To Memphis   Candy Man   Closer to Heaven   Come On Funny Feelin'   Come Sundown   Crazy Baby   Dancin' Circles Round The Sun (epictetus Speaks)   Don't Get Me Started   Earthbound   Elvira   Even Cowgirls Get the Blues   Faith Is Mine   Famous Last Words Of A Fool In Love   Fate's Right Hand   Fever On The Bayou   Forty Winters   Frankie Please   Funky And The Farm Boy   Give My Heart a Rest   Glascow Girl   Glasgow Girl   God I'm Missing You   Grandma Loved That Old Man   Heartbroke   Her Hair Was Red   Higher Mountains   Highway 17   I Ain't Livin' Long Like This   I Ain't Living Long Like This   I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried   I Don't Fall In Love So Easy   I Guess We've Been Together For Too Long   I Hardly Know How To Be Myself   I Hope You Shed a Million Tears   I Just Wanted To See You So Bad   I Know Love Is All I Need   I Walk The Line   I Walk The Line (Revisited)   I Want You #35   I Wish It Would Rain   I Wouldn?t Be Me Without You   I've Done Everything I Can   I've Done Everything I Can Do   If Looks Could Kill   If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now   Ignorance Is the Enemy   It's A Different World Now   It's Not For Me To Judge   It's Only Rock & Roll   It's Such A Small World   Jesus Talk To Mama   Jewel of the South   Just Pleasing You   Just Say Yes   Ladder Of Love   Last Waltz   Le Danse De La Joie   Leavin' Louisiana In The Broad Daylight   Let the Picture Paint Itself   Life Is Messy   Looking For You   Love to Burn   Lovin' All Night   Loving You Makes Me Strong   Many a Long and Lonesome Highway   Maybe Next Time   Moving Work Of Art   Night's Just Right   No Memories Hanging Round   Now That We're Alone   Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)   Oh King Richard   Oh What a Beautiful World   Old Pipeliner   On A Real Good Night   Once in a While   Please Remember Me   Queen of Hearts   Ridin' Out The Storm   Ridin' Out The Storm   Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design   Say You Love Me   Sex and Gasoline   Shame on the Moon   She Ain't Going Nowhere   She Loves the Jerk   She's Crazy for Leavin'   She's Crazy For Leaving   Shelter from the Storm   Somebody?s Shadow   Soul Searchin'   Stars on the Water   Still Learning How to Fly   Storm of Love   Stuff That Works   Telephone Road   That Ol' Door   The Ballad Of Possum Potez   The Faith Is Mine   The Ladder of Love   The Last Waltz   The Long Journey Home   The Man in Me   The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)   The Outsider   The Rise and Fall of Intelligent Design   The Rock of My Soul   The Rose of Memphis   The Traveling Kind   The Weight of the World   Things I Wish I'd Said   Things That Go Bump in the Day   Thinking About Leaving   This Too Will Pass   This, Too, Will Pass   Time to Go Inward   Topsy Turvy   Truth Decay   U Don't Know How Much I Hate U   Victim Or A Fool   Voila An American Dream   Wandering Boy   We Can't Turn Back   We Can't Turn Back Now   What Kind Of Love   What Kind of Love [*]   When The Blue Hour Comes   Who Do You Trust   Why Don't We Talk About It   You Been on My Mind   You Can't Say We Didn't Try

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