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They were both made of leather Both black and frayed and worn And I was brought up to respect them Since the day that I was born One came here from England And it's been handed down for years The other one was ordered from A catalog at Sears One my mama read to me Till I was well into my teens And I thought all the other one was for Was to hold up daddy's jeans Till I told a lie and learned It had another purpose too And out behind the shed, my daddy said This'll hurt me more than you Cause one had my daddy's name on it The other said King James With love they taught us lessons But we feared them both the same One led us to heaven And the other left a whelp Those were the days when kids were raised With a bible and a belt SongtexteI remember when I was twelve I stole a dime store comic book And how mama read where the scripture said To take back what I took When I refused my daddy grabbed My arm and said come on I needed more, he knew than just Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Sometimes it made me cry Sometimes it made me fightin' mad And I wish I'd been raised without them Like some other children had But now I'm grown with kids of my own And I know just how they felt You know it seems to me what the world still needs Is a bible and a belt Cause one had my daddy's name on it The other said King James With love they taught us lessons But we feared them both the same One led us to heaven And the other hurt like hell But those were the days when kids were raised With a bible and a belt A bible and a belt (Merci à Josy pour cettes paroles) Aus Songtexte Mania