The Christ And The Crook

[Verse 1] Anna Jean, darling, don’t leave me on the count of my drinking Or the fact that I don’t like the church but still love the Lord Please believe me, I know that Reverend twice as well as you do And the church will be better long after I’m gone [Chorus] I ain’t about to go looking for answers in the body of Christ It’s riddled with cancer If I wanna get to the truth, I’ll just get out the book And if you have ears to hear, then listen And eyes to see all the lies you’ve been missing There’s just as much truth in the Christ as there is in the crook [Verse 2] Anna Jean, darling, don’t leave me on the count of my dreaming Sometimes the dream's like a horseman on a mare in the night Fumbling his way through the forest trying to find a road that’s true Sometimes he wakes in a clearing in the cool morning light [Chorus] I ain’t about to go looking for answers in the body of Christ It’s riddled with cancer If I wanna get to the truth, I’ll just get out the book And if you have ears to hear, then listen And eyes to see all the lies you’ve been missing There’s just as much truth in the Christ as there is in the crook [Outro] So Anna Jean, darling don’t leave me