[verse] My pulpit is This old barstool And my alter is the juke box in the back On which the scriptures have been recorded And by heart, I know each and every track [verse] And I’ll preach them to whomever will listen As I pray every night in this bar And quote the words of the prophets By the light of a neon star [verse] First came the words of the father, Senior, then gave rise to the son And now here in this holy juke box The ode to heartache still lives on [CHORUS] So, settle down my rowdy friends and ease your cheatin’ hearts Offer a toast to the son and to the father where this all starts From “so lonesome I could cry” to “I saw the light” We're all hopeless sinners and restless saints, Still, we quote the gospel according to Hank [verse] Tonight I'll start with the book of Co-lige-a Then I'll trek that old lost highway And forge to the river, whiskey bent and hell bound, And be re-born to boogie when I'm saved [CHORUS] So, settle down my rowdy friends and ease your cheatin’ hearts Offer a toast to the son and to the father where this all starts From “so lonesome I could cry” to “I saw the light” We're all hopeless sinners and restless saints, Still, we quote the gospel according to Hank We’ll celebrate a family tradition For a heaven that can’t be found So gather 'round ye hopeless sinners and restless saints, And We'll quote the gospel according to Hank Yea, That's the gospel according to Hank
