Put Down the Bottle - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Sittin' here tryin' to remember one mornin'

Didn't wake up just to hate myself

Blood-shot eyes, head just-a poundin'

More or less really just feelin' like hell

Need to put down the bottle, pick up the Bible

Walk down Abel righteous road

Change my ways, well you know I'm liable

To go where no man wants to go

Here lately been thinkin' 'bout my sweet mama

And all those nights she prayed for me

Swear by God some day I'm gonna

Give your girl a little better piece

I'm gonna put down the bottle, pick up the Bible

Walk down Abel righteous road

Change my ways, well you know I'm liable

To go where no man wants to go

I lay down each night, belly full of whiskey

Keep on havin' this crazy dream

Standin' in the heavens, sayin' "Lord forgive me"

Then He slams them pearly gates on me

He says, boy...

You need to put down the bottle, pick up the Bible

Walk down Abel righteous road

Turn high tail, waive from the Devil

Before he comes to claim your soul

Takes you down to the lake of fire

Boy, it ain't like you ain't been told

Change your ways, so you know you're liable

T go where no man wants to go

You gon' be shovelin' coal

Now put down the bottle, now pick up the Bible

Ah, you've gotta change your ways