Momma, I"ve got something to ask you, have things been alright?
Dad"s been gone for a while, and the doors been locked up tight.
Shouldn"t he be home any minute? Wish I knew what was going on.
I was such a young boy then, still I knew, something was wrong.
Who is this preacher man, and why ain"t he preaching no more?
Why"s he sittin" in my father"s chair? Why can"t I see my daddy no more?
Momma, you don"t have to tell me, we all got our secrets.
Even then I had a feeling I wouldn"t know the truth for several years to come.
Who is this preacher man, and why ain"t he preaching no more?
Why"s he sittin" in my father"s chair? Why can"t I see my daddy no more?
Seemed simple enough. Love divided. Innocent eyes don"t fear change.
If you"d have told me, then, the cause for departure, you"d see a different man before you today.
With thoughts of suicide and my mother on his mind, still I wonder what my father would say:
'Priest. No man of his word. Minister of disbelief.
A b******, a liar, a hypocrite. Manipulative m*********** stole my life from me.
Who is this preacher man? Used to call him a friend of mine.
Who does this coward think he is in my chair? Why can"t I see my kids no more?
I know this preacher man, he ain"t no friend of mine.
Now he"s gone and changed the life of my children.
Dead preacher I hope to find.'
Who is this preacher man, and why ain"t he preaching no more?
Dad"s been gone for a while, and the doors been locked up tight.
Shouldn"t he be home any minute? Wish I knew what was going on.
I was such a young boy then, still I knew, something was wrong.
Who is this preacher man, and why ain"t he preaching no more?
Why"s he sittin" in my father"s chair? Why can"t I see my daddy no more?
Momma, you don"t have to tell me, we all got our secrets.
Even then I had a feeling I wouldn"t know the truth for several years to come.
Who is this preacher man, and why ain"t he preaching no more?
Why"s he sittin" in my father"s chair? Why can"t I see my daddy no more?
Seemed simple enough. Love divided. Innocent eyes don"t fear change.
If you"d have told me, then, the cause for departure, you"d see a different man before you today.
With thoughts of suicide and my mother on his mind, still I wonder what my father would say:
'Priest. No man of his word. Minister of disbelief.
A b******, a liar, a hypocrite. Manipulative m*********** stole my life from me.
Who is this preacher man? Used to call him a friend of mine.
Who does this coward think he is in my chair? Why can"t I see my kids no more?
I know this preacher man, he ain"t no friend of mine.
Now he"s gone and changed the life of my children.
Dead preacher I hope to find.'
Who is this preacher man, and why ain"t he preaching no more?