From the Album: Stompin' Ground (SBS Records)
The PreacherÂ’s Daughter Michelle Malone (STRANGE BIRD SONGS/ASCAP)
I donÂ’t know where IÂ’m going, but I know where I been
I got to keep moving, you know the road never ends
My daddy keeps praying, my mama she cries
DonÂ’t you know that the preachers daughter got a long way to ride
I was taught that the devil would come take my soul
If I didnÂ’t do just what my mama she told me
But that was a long time ago, now IÂ’m grown
DonÂ’t you know that the preacherÂ’s daughter ran a long way from home
Now I know that Jesus taught love and peace
Like Budda and Ghandi and Mohammed believed
And I want to love you, please baby please
CanÂ’t you see that the preacherÂ’s daughterÂ’s getting down on her knees
Whenever I go back, go back to the fold
Mama says that she loves me, and she prays for my soul
I say mama donÂ’t worry, but she disapproves
DonÂ’t you know that the preacherÂ’s daughter got a long way to go
I was taught that the devil would come take my soul
If I didnÂ’t do just what my mama she told me
But that was a long time ago, now IÂ’m grown
DonÂ’t you know that the preacherÂ’s daughter ran a long way from home