Here's the thing with me and the religious thing. This is the flat-out truth: I find the religiosity and philosophy in the music. I don't find it anywhere else.

And I'll know my song well before I start singing

I don't usually purge myself by writing anything about any type of quote, so-called, relationships.

Well the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount, But nothing really matters much it's doom alone that counts.

How can the life of such a man be in the palm of some fools hand?

Having hits buries a singer in the past. A lot of singers hide in the past because it's safer back there. If you've ever heard today's country music, you'll know what I'm talking about.

Like the lion tears the flesh off a man, so can a woman who passes herself off as a male.