My Bible Belt

[Spoken Intro] (soft laugh) Well… sometimes a man just unbuttons the past. [Verse 1] Sunday shoes by the bedroom wall Dust on the hymn book after the fall Front porch light and a long dirt lane Old choir echoes in the back of my brain [Pre-Chorus] All those sermons in my ear But the night kept calling clear [Chorus] Let my Bible belt fall off tonight Dropped my Baptist pants in the pale moonlight No more rules tied tight to my name I stepped out free and I won’t feel shame [Verse 2] White clapboard church and a rusted sign Mama said walk that narrow line But the road bends wide past the county line And the stars don’t ask if you’re doing fine [Pre-Chorus] All those voices saying stay But the wind just pulled me away [Chorus] Let my Bible belt fall off tonight Dropped my Baptist pants in the pale moonlight No more rules tied tight to my name I stepped out free and I won’t feel shame [Bridge] Boots in the gravel, dust in the air Old prayers fading somewhere out there Maybe heaven still knows my face Even if I walked out of that place [Final Chorus] Let my Bible belt fall off tonight Dropped my Baptist pants in the pale moonlight No more rules tied tight to my name I stepped out free and I won’t feel shame