Lyr Add: She Left Me for Jesus

Subject: Lyr Add: She Left Me for Jesus
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Jun 20 - 04:33 PM

A song that warrants serious study.

She Left Me for Jesus
Song by Hayes Carll

We've been datin' since high school
We never once left this town
We use to go out on the weekends
And we'd drink til we drowned
But now she's acting funny and I don't understand
I think that she's found her, some other man
She left me for Jesus and that just ain't fair
She says that he's perfect, how could I compare
She says I should find him and I'll know peace at last
If I ever find Jesus, I'm kickin' his ass
She showed me a picture, all I could do was stare
At that freak in his sandals with his long pretty hair
They must think that I'm stupid or I don't have a clue
Ill bet hes a commie, or ever worse yet a Jew
She left me for Jesus and that just ain't fair
She says that he's perfect, how could I compare
She says I should find him and I'll know peace at last
If I ever find Jesus, I'm kickin' his ass

She's given up whiskey and takin' up wine
While she prays for his troubles, had forgot about mine
I'm a gonna get even, I can't handle the shame
Why last time we made love, she even called out his name
She left me for Jesus and that just ain't fair
She says that he's perfect, how could I compare
She says I should find him and I'll know peace at last
If I ever find Jesus, I'm kickin' his ass
It coulda been Carlos or even Billy or Ted
But if I ever find Jesus
He's gonna wish he was dead, amen
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Brian Keene / Hayes Carll

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: She Left Me for Jesus
From: cnd
Date: 22 Jun 20 - 05:28 PM

Another similarly-themed song by Carll is "Bible On the Dash." Both songs are a bit critical of Christians who don't necessarily practice what they should preach.

I enjoy a lot of Carll's music; definitely a musician who's worth listening to.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: She Left Me for Jesus
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 23 Jun 20 - 11:03 AM

Another country song about betrayal in 3/4 time.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: She Left Me for Jesus
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 23 Jun 20 - 01:21 PM

Never heard of the song in question (until now), but it revived an old memory of a TV show called Exit 57 and this similarly-themed song.

My Wife Left Me For a Guy Named Jesus

I can remember, years ago, the song (minus the prologue) being used as a sort of music-video filler on The Comedy Channel, or something like it.


Jay