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A Bible and a Belt
Amos & Margaret Raber
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They were both made of leather
Both black and frayed and worn
I was brought up to respect them
Since the day that I was born
One came here from England
It's been handed down for years
The other one was ordered from a catalogue at Sears
One my mama read to me 'til I was well into my teens
I thought all the other one was for
Was to hold up daddy's jeans
Until I told a lie and learned it had another purpose too
Out behind the shed, my daddy said
"This will hurt me more than you"
One had my daddy's name on it
The other said King James
With love they taught us lessons
And we feared them both the same
One led us to heaven
And the other left a welt
Those were the days when kids were raised
On a Bible and a belt
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I remember when I was twelve
I stole a dime store comic book
And how my mama read where the scripture said
To take back what I took
When I refused, my daddy grabbed my arm
And said "come on"
I needed more he knew than just Matthew
Mark, and Luke and John
Well, sometimes it made me cry
Sometimes it made me fighting mad
I'd wish I'd been raised without them
Like some other children had
But now I'm grown with kids of my own
And I know just how they felt
You know it seems to me that what the world still needs
Is a Bible and a belt
Well, one had my daddy's name on it
The other said King James
With love they taught us lessons
And we feared them both the same
One led us to heaven
And the other left a welt
Those were the days when kids were raised
On a Bible and a belt
(Music)
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