A Bible And A Belt Lyrics - His & Hers - Joey And Rory

They were both made of leather 

Both black and frayed and warn 

I was brought up to respect them 

Since the day that I was born 

One came here from England 

Its been handed down for years 

The other one was ordered from 

A catalogue at Sears 

One my mama read to me 

Till I was well into my teens 

And I thought all the other one was for 

Was to hold up daddys jeans 

Till I told a lie and learned 

It had another purpose too 

And behind the shed, my daddy said 

it hurts me more than you? 

Cause one had my daddys name on it 

The other said King James 

With love they taught us lessons 

But we feared them both the same 

One led us to heaven 

And the other hurt like hell 

Those were the days when kids were raised 

With a bible and a belt 

I remember when I was twelve 

I stole a dime store comic book 

And how mama read what 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, Luke and John 

Sometimes it made me cry 

Sometimes it made me fightin mad 

I wish Ive been raised without them 

Like some other children had 

But now Im grown with kids of my own 

And I know just how they felt 

And though it seems to me that what the world still needs 

Is a bible and a belt 

Cause one had my daddys name on it 

The other said King James 

With love they taught us lessons 

we feared them both the same 

One led us to heaven 

And the other hurt like hell 

those were the days when kids were raised 

With a bible and a belt