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the judge - the pine box boys lyrics

[chorus}
i thank the lord for ma and pa and everything they ever taught me
set me on the straight and narrow
admit it, lord, my ma and pa, just somethings that i never saw
like as not would chill them to the marrow

[verse 1]
adoni-bezek fled when the men of judah bore down upon him
when they caught him in the valley they cut his thumbs and toes from him

[chorus}
every night to god i pray i’d never heard that demon say
i was just like every one around me
just as pr-ne to sinnin’ and to stealin’ from the poor
always whorin’ and drinkin’ lots of whiskey

[verse 2]
but even samson strayed from god when he let the wh0r- cut the long hair from him
but in the end he knew he’d sinned and he brought the temple crumblin’ down upon them

[chorus}
i thank the lord for ma and pa and everything they ever taught me
set me on the straight and narrow
admit it, lord, my ma and pa, they ever saw what i have done
like as not would chill them to the marrow

[verse 3]
even jepthah did some things, said some things he knew better than to say
his daughter burned and jepthah learned you can’t bet the lord and weasel out of payin’

[bridge]
daddy had a sterling thresher, and he hauled it with a team of horses
daddy had a mighty spirit, that was moved by other forces
put sixty horses in the traces, got the cursed bullwheel spinnin’
you shoulda seen them people’s faces when he got on top all a-grinnin’
held the reins within his t–th, spitting curses through his lips
drove them sixty horses, split the air with a black snake whip
no melody for mercy when retribution sings
daddy drove that thresher ’round that town, k!lled every living thing

[outro]
o, ehud! o, ehud! o, ehud!
with a two edge sword
stab into the fat of king eglon’s belly
leave it there in the name of the lord
o, ehud! o, ehud! o, ehud!
with a two edge sword
stab into the fat of king eglon’s belly
leave it there in the name of the lord
o, ehud!

[narration]
jubal was amazed, and thought he liked the preacher fine
the bl–dy stories in the bible, he thought the best of it
but the preacher raised his hand to speak another time
said, “that was just the first part, you ready for the rest of it?
the thresher is justice, and it is made by human hands
and all that it judges it sentences to die
to whom does it show mercy? not a single man
would you be spared the thresher? then again, would i?
i left my daddy’s home and traveled many lands
and finally found my place on this mountain why up high
never claimed to be perfect, i’m an ordinary man
y’all know i make a little whiskey, but just enough to get by

i was a traveling lad, a long time ago and spent a night in a bone orchard, cold wind a-blowin’
what i saw that night has settled my mind
to be humble, patient, and kind.”

- the pine box boys lyrics

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