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Momma, I’ve got something to ask you, have things been alright?
Dad’s been gone for a while, and the doors been locked up tight.
Shouldn’t he be home any minute? Wish I knew what was going on.
I was such a young boy then, still I knew, something was wrong.

(Chorus)
Who is this preacher man, and why ain’t he preaching no more?
Why’s he sittin’ in my father’s chair? Why can’t I see my daddy no more?

Momma, you don’t have to tell me, we all got our secrets.
Even then I had a feeling I wouldn’t know the truth for several years to come.

(Chorus)

Seemed simple enough. Love divided. Innocent eyes don’t fear change.
If you’d have told me, then, the cause for departure, you’d see a different man before you today.
With thoughts of suicide and my mother on his mind, still I wonder what my father would say:

“Priest. No man of his word. Minister of disbelief.
A bastard, a liar, a hypocrite. Manipulative motherfucker stole my life from me.

Who is this preacher man? Used to call him a friend of mine.
Who does this coward think he is in my chair? Why can’t I see my kids no more?
I know this preacher man, he ain’t no friend of mine.
Now he’s gone and changed the life of my children.
Dead preacher I hope to find.”

Who is this preacher man, and why ain’t he preaching no more?

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from In Love There Is No Law (2013), released August 20, 2013

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