From the Album: Stompin' Ground (SBS Records)
The Preachers Daughter Michelle Malone (STRANGE BIRD SONGS/ASCAP)
I dont know where Im going, but I know where I been
I got to keep moving, you know the road never ends
My daddy keeps praying, my mama she cries
Dont you know that the preachers daughter got a long way to ride
I was taught that the devil would come take my soul
If I didnt do just what my mama she told me
But that was a long time ago, now Im grown
Dont you know that the preachers daughter ran a long way from home
Now I know that Jesus taught love and peace
Like Budda and Ghandi and Mohammed believed
And I want to love you, please baby please
Cant you see that the preachers daughters getting down on her knees
Whenever I go back, go back to the fold
Mama says that she loves me, and she prays for my soul
I say mama dont worry, but she disapproves
Dont you know that the preachers daughter got a long way to go
I was taught that the devil would come take my soul
If I didnt do just what my mama she told me
But that was a long time ago, now Im grown
Dont you know that the preachers daughter ran a long way from home