"The Devil And The Cross" by Halfway To Hazard (Jim Dowell)

1st Verse

I remember Daddy held the Bible like a gun
Back when I was a Pentacostal gospel preacher's son
And I still can see the fire and brimstone in his eyes
When he preached to people in a tent
Repent before you die

Pre Chorus

Me, I'd sneak out back with some saintly, Southern girl
And there I'd teach her the ways of this world

Chorus

(Well) (Yeah) (Lord) I guess I was 'a way too wild
To be the child of a preacher man
One foot on a solid rock
(And) (With) one on (the) (that) sinkin' sand
Just like the prodigal son
I guess I got way too lost
Livin' somewhere in between the devil and the cross
(Whoa, whoa, whoa whoa ho)

2nd Verse

I was Daddy's worst nightmare
By the time I turned eighteen
Baptized in a whiskey river
On the streets of New Orleans
Where the demons, drugs, and rock and roll
They seemed to clog my mind
And women were a weakness
For weeks at a time

Pre Chorus

I learned the hard way
What you reap is what you sew
So in silent desperation
One night I headed home

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

Daddy did more than talk the talk
He walked the walk in life
He loved me and forgave me
When I came home that night
He said, 'Son, don't ever be ashamed
For God forgives the lost
We all live somewhere in between the devil and the cross'

(Repeat Chorus)



   "Daisy" by Halfway To Hazard (Anthony Smith/David Tolliver/Chad Warrix)

1st Verse

Her momma named her Daisy
Got it from a magazine
Through the mountains in her white dress
She run chasin' me
Thought she was faster
'Cause I told her so
Even though it wasn't quite the truth

Pre Chorus

Well, I know she's an angel
Even though she ain't got wings
'Cause my sweet Daisy loved the hell outta me

2nd Verse

There in the back pew
Of a Sunday mornin' church
The preacher preachin' gospel
Well, that's when I gave her
Her first kiss
She told me so
Even though it wasn't quite the truth

(Repeat Pre Chorus)

Chorus

She gave me her body
She bared me her soul
Didn't ask for nothin'
She led me down to the river
She said, 'You need to be baptized'
Held me under the moonlight
Lord, I don't know why
She loved the hell outta me (yeah)

3rd Verse

Eight years later we got married
And the day her water broke
Well, doctor said, 'There's complications'
But I still had hope
She was gonna make it
'Cause she told me so
Even though it wasn't quite the truth

Pre Chorus

Well, I know she's an angel
And now she's got her wings
Yeah, my sweet Daisy loves the hell outta me

(Repeat Chorus)

Tag

I thought I'd name her Daisy
In her momma's memory
Through the mountains in her white dress
She runs chasin' me
Thinks she is faster
'Cause I tell her so
Even though it isn't quite the truth

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