Evolution And The Bible

Now for all of you folks who don't believe there's a hell

Gather round me now I've got a story to tell

And for those of you who believe in evolution

Hear me out now I've got the solution

When I was a lad I had a big yearning

To get a good education and lots of books learning

So I worked real hard and I finished my school

But I was nothing but an educated fool

(Evolution and the Bible)

I'd been taught by men of great reputation

Their ideas towards man's creation

They had a theory which hadn't been solved

Saying man wasn't made he just evolved

They said life all started in an ocean bed

And they had me believing everything they said

Then came the ape and the chimpanzee

They said we still got relatives swinging in a tree

(Evolution and the Bible)

Just about the time I thought I knew it all

Along came war and I got my call

My training was over and I was ready to go

Dad and I had a talk on my last furlough

Now my old pappy was a God fearing man

And he held a little bible in the palm of his hand

He said son I failed you but I done my best

Then he put the bible in a pocket on my chest

(Evolution and the Bible)

He said I know about religion you and I don't agree

But carry this Bible son and do it for me

I know you're educated and don't believe in prayer

But if you ever need comfort the book will be there

Now they shipped me up where the battle roared

And the chaplin asked if I knew the Lord

But he was wasting his time on a hopeless case

And could peddle religion some other place

(Evolution and the Bible)

One night I found it was dark as could be

And a snipper's bullet came looking for me

I knew I was hit but no pain could I feel

The bible stopped the bullet just like it was steel

I did a lot of thinking in that foxhole

If the Bible saved my life it might save my soul

Just a book of stories turned out to be a shield

But I met my Master on that battlefield

(Hallelujah hallelujah)

The war's been over now for a long long time

But I still carry this bible of mine

It helps me to remember that night on the beach

And I tell the story everywhere I preach

(Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah)