Chris Ledoux - Lawman Reverend Brown lyrics

I can still recall the day my uncle Chester caught religion The Reverend took him swimmin' and the devil must have drowned Uncle Chester he was big, he was mean and even vicious But he didn't stand a chance against the lawman Reverend Brown The lawman Reverend Brown was the Sheriff of Pitman County His hair was long and black like the dusty suit he wore In the pockets of his coats were the tools of his profession A tattered old black bible and a loaded 44 And all across the mountain you could hear the children singin' 'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before The Reverend had a special way for healin' wicked sinners He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more I don't know where he came from but I do know where he's gone He's gone to meet his maker and to guard the masters thrown And to keep a home fire burnin' for the ones lost in the night The kind of fire he lit in me to help me see the light And all across the mountain you could hear the children singin' 'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before The Reverend had a special way for healin' wicked sinners He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more The lawman helped the Reverend when he taught the old time gospel It was Heaven, it was prison over the loaded 44 All across the mountain you could hear the children singin' 'Bout the peace down in the valley like there never was before The Reverend had a special way for healin' wicked sinners He only had to shoot a few to save a whole lot more