Gospel Night At The Strip Club

(album: Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville - 2022)

It's gospel night at the strip club
Been sleeping in my car
I lead the singing service with a half-ass tuned guitar
Brandy's singing backup while Lonnie's tending bar
Just waiting for more sinners to show up

Crystal just started dancing
She's always right on point
She don't mind if you don't tip her
As long as you slip her a joint
Patti's got an upper
To get her through her shift
And a downer so she can lay down with the kids

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Jesus loves the drunkards and the whores and the queers
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Would you recognize him if he bought you a beer

Lonnie he's a listener
He shoulda been a priest
It's the same confession on a barstool or your knees
He makes a mean Manhattan but he ain't drank since '93
Does the last call benediction then wipes the bar slate clean

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Jesus loves the drunkards and the whores and the queers
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Would you recognize him if he bought you a beer

The same old dirty dollars, keep getting passed around
To whoever needs 'em most and I guess that's me right now
Cause I'm staring at this Jackson someone laid here at my feet
That's gas in my ol Honda and something warm to eat

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Jesus loves the drunkards and the whores and the queers
Hallelujah, hallelujah
He laid down a twenty and then he disappeared