Rodney Crowell - The Rock Of My Soul lyrics

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The rock of my soul went to church on Sunday

The rock of my soul went to work on Monday

Clean across the levy by the railroad tracks

The other side of Houston in a two room shack

Sweeping out confetti from a third grade classroom

The rock of my soul pushed a dust mop broom

The rock of my soul didn't have much luck

He came to town grinnin' on a flat bed truck

The rock of my soul didn't have much charm

With the lack of education on a red dirt farm

And he was fond of disappearing on an eight day drunk

Coming home smelling like a low down skunk

And he said

I do like I say

Not like I do and you might make me proud

Another Houston Kid

On a downhill skid for crying out loud

I'm a first hand witness to an age old crime

A man who hits a woman isn't worth a dime

5, 6, 7, 8, 9 years old

That's what I remember about the rock of my soul

I told him I would kill him if he did not stop it

But the rock of my soul just would not drop it

I learned to lie like dirt

I could steal your shirt and talk with a gun

Another Houston Kid

On a downhill skid like father like son

Now I got out of prison 'bout a year ago

Seven long years really went by slow

I didn't kill my daddy but my momma tried

She shot him with a pistol and he like to a died

I'm on probation living straight and true

And there's every indication that the past is through

That's all I know

'Bout the rock of my soul