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I PUT ON MY SUNDAY BOOTS
AND HEADED OFF TO CHURCH
THEN SCOOTED INTO THE PEW
NEXT TO THE WINDOW
WHEN THAT BAND BEGAN TO SING
IN AN OLD EAST TEXAS TWAG
I SAW THE LIGHT
IT BROUGHT BACK PRECIOUS MEMORIES

OF A LITTLE COWBOY CHURCH
WHERE I USED TO ROAM
DOWN THE BACKROADS
OF THE STREETS
THAT I CALL, "HOME"
OH, HOW THOSE MEMORIES STILL LINGER
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
I AM MOVED TO TEARS

AS I THINK BACK
TO A SUNDAY MORNIN'
AFTER THE ALTER CALL
WHEN THE PREACHER DISMISSED THE SERVICE
WITH AN EXHORTAION TO US ALL

"ALWAYS REMEMBER BEFORE YOU SADDLE UP
ON THAT BULL FOR YOUR NEXT RODEO
TAKE OFF YOUR HAT
BOW YOUR HEAD
AND SAY A PRAYER
TO THE LORD" AMEN!

AND THOSE COWBOYS ALL RESPONDED WITH A SHOUT,
"AMEN, AND YEE- HAW FOR JESUS"

WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS
I COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK
THESE COWBOYS ARE A LITTLE
OFF THE WALL
SO I DECIDED TO GET ONLINE
AND GOOGLE 'EM
ONE AND ALL
YEE-HAW IN LAMENS TERMS SIMPLY MEANS,
"TO RESPOND WITH EXHUBERANCE
OR EXPRESS GREAT EXCITEMENT"
AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK
THAT IF YOU CAN'T GET EXCITED ABOUT JESUS
THEN I RECKON THERE'S NO POINT
IN GETTIN' EXCITED
ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL
NOW WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE
I CAN'T HELP BUT SHOUT,
"AMEN, AND YEE-HAW FOR JESUS!"

IN A LITTLE COWBOY CHURCH
WHERE I USED TO ROAM
DOWN THE BACKROADS
OF THE STREETS
THAT I CALL, "HOME"
HOW THOSE MEMORIES STILL LINGER
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
I AM MOVED TO TEARS

NOW I KNOW YOU'VE NEVER HEARD
THIS SONG ON HEE-HAW
THOUGH I CAN STILL ENVISION ROY CLARK
IN THOSE OVERALLS
WITH THAT BANJO ON HIS KNEE
PICKIN' AND A GRINNIN'
AND A SINGIN'
I SAW THE LIGHT
AND YEE-HAW FOR JESUS