A Bible And A Belt

They were both made of leather

Both black and frayed and worn

And I was brought up to respect them

Since the day that I was born

One came here from England

And it's been handed down for years

The other one was ordered from

A catalog 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 daddy's jeans

Till I told a lie and learned

It had another purpose too

And out behind the shed, my daddy said

This'll hurt me more than you