[Verse 1]
Well, the church burned down and no one knew
What the
Pentecost Baptists was gonna do
The
Sunday brimstone got so dadgum hot
It
burned up a church bus in the parkin’ lot
In a
panic the reverend Dr. White
Called up an ex-member than hadn’t lived right
He
owned Joe’s beer joint right across the fence
It’s the
same Joe’s he’d preached against
[Verse 2]
He said I
don’t really want to be a hypocrite
I got a
Sunday school class that’s about to st
We’re all
excited about revival week
And
moved by the spirit so to speak
With all the
souls we saved and the money we spent
We
thought God told us to sell that tent
I got a
famous evangelist supposed to come
And done
run out of chairs, will you loan us some?
[Verse 3]
Joe says
hell you can just use the whole dang place
A9 on the jukebox “Amazing Grace”
I ain’t
supposed to open because of them blue laws
But we’ll
open tonight if it’s alright with y’all
Preacher said
well I reckon that’d be OK
The
good Lord works in mysterious ways
I was gonna
talk about Joshua, Judges and Ruth
And I
reckon I can do it from the DJ booth
[Chorus 1]
At the
First Baptist Bar and Grill
It’s the
only church in the bible belt that
smells like a whiskey still
When the
sinners finish one more round
We’ll have dinner on the ground
And
go inside and
hell
pray we don’t get
killed
[Verse 4]
The
Evangelist came with a well-dressed choir
They
showed up around happy hour
Looked around the joint and didn’t take it real well
said the
White ministry has gone to hell
Ms. Mills that taught youth Sunday school
And two
deacons in the back room shootin’ pool
Were
sharin’ the Lord with a Jim Beam rep
Who was
teachin’ Ms. Mills some line dance steps
[Verse 5]
Reverend
White was readin’ from the book of Luke
To a
tall, drunk trucker about to puke
He had J
ohn 3:16 memorized
Tryin’ to
dry him out to get him baptised
The e
vangelist yelled about the lights and the beer
Said
White you can’t save any souls in here
This
place ain’t nothin’ but a den of sin
Ain’t the
kind of place Baptists ought to be in
Preacher said
well we don’t really need y’all here
You
didn’t do a very good job last year
Only
saved one sinner, that’s Todd McGuire
And he’s the
little son of a bh that set my church on fire
Joe’s
beer joint has done been revived
Only
been here an hour and I done saved five.
Sure it’s got mirrors and a big dance floor
But I
finally found the flock God called me for.
[Chorus 2]
At the
First Baptist Bar and Grill
It’s the
only church in the bible belt
that
smells like a whiskey still
Not a
stained glass window anywhere in site,
Just a
blood-stained floor and neon lights,
And the
communion wine
is always
chilled.
[Verse 6]
We’re
here every Sunday; We’re livin’ large;
We’re the
only church with a cover charge.
And if you
don’t like our doctrine
and think we ain’t devout,
We’ll have our bouncer throw your butt out ?
Of the
First Baptist
Bar
and
Grill