Southern Gothic

Woo

Woo

Blackbird on the old church steeple

Spanish moss hangin' in the settin' Sun

Every house house has got a Bible and a loaded gun

We got preachers and politicians

'Round here it's kinda hard to tell which one

Is gonna do more talkin' with a crooked tongue

This town's got the good lord shakin' his head

Lookin' down thinkin' we ain't heard a word he said

A word he said

Baptized in Southern Gothic

In the garden of good and evil

Devil right here, who would've thought it?

In a town full of God-fearin' people

Dogs and deadbolts guard the night

Nothin' left to do but kneel and pray

We got a church on every corner

So why does heaven feel so far away?

Far away (ooh)

Must be somethin' in the muddy water

Turns the whisky 'bout as sweet as sin

Every drunk in town can sing a brown bag hymn

Good fences make good neighbors

But good neighbors make good lovers too

And when your man ain't home any man will do

This town's got the good lord shakin' his head (shakin' his head)

Lookin' down thinkin' we ain't heard a word he said

A word he said

Word he said

Baptized in Southern Gothic

In the garden of good and evil

Devil right here, who would've thought it?

In a town full of God-fearin' people

Dogs and deadbolts guard the night

Nothin' left to do but kneel and pray (kneel and pray)

We got a church on every corner

So why does heaven feel so far away? (Feel so far away)

Far away

High on homegrown, smokin' that brimstone

Mama ain't stoppin', poppin' that cotton

No happy ever after, waitin' on the rapture now

Baptized in Southern Gothic

In the garden of good and evil

Devil right here, who would've thought it? (Who would've thought it?)

In a town full of God-fearin' people

Dogs and deadbolts guard the night (guard the night)

Nothin' left to do but kneel and pray

We got a church on every corner (every corner)

So why does heaven feel so far away? (Far away)

Far away

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic