PREACHER MAN (J.P. CONLEY – B.M.I.) © 1988 WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, A LONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A PREACHER MAN WHO LIVED ON DOWN THE ROAD EVERY TIME HE SAW ME, HE'D SAY SOFT AND LOW YOU'RE PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME WITH YOUR SOUL CHORUS: PREACHER MAN DON'T TELL ME PREACHER MAN I KNOW I'M PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME WITH MY SOUL PREACHER MAN DON'T TELL ME PREACHER MAN I KNOW I'M PLAYING A GAME WITH MY SOUL ALL THE KIDS AROUND TOWN, WE USED TO PLAY A GAME EVERYTIME WE SAW HIM WE'D LAUGH AND CALL HIM NAMES BUT IT NEVER SEEMED TO BOTHER HIM HE'D SMILE AND WALK AWAY AND WHEN HE'D TRY TO TALK TO ME, THIS IS WHAT I'D SAY CHORUS: A LITTLE CHURCH WAS HAVING REVIVAL IN OUR TOWN I HEARD THE PEOPLE TALKING SO I THOUGHT I'D LOOK AROUND AS I WALKED THROUGH THE BACK DOOR I SAW THE PREACHER SMILE BEFORE I KNEW WHAT HIT ME I WAS RUNNING DOWN THE AISLE NEW CHORUS: CRYING, PREACHER MAN PLEASE HELP ME PREACHER MAN I KNOW I'VE BEEN PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME WITH MY SOUL PREACHER MAN PLEASE HELP ME PREACHER MAN I KNOW I'M THROUGH PLAYING THOSE GAMES WITH MY SOUL
