BACKSLIDIN', OVEREATING AND HEAVY DRINKIN'

Backslidin', Overeating and Heavy Drinkin'
by David Burkhart












I've been backslidin', overeating and heavy drinkin';
Oh preacher, please don't tell God on me;
For I'm tired, heartsick, weary, and stinkin',

I've been backslidin', overeating and heavy drinkin';
Ain't got nothin' left but my heart,
And all night I've been settin' here a thinkin'
That I just ain't been doin' my part.

But let me have one more night on the town
To the bar my money I'll be bringin';
Let me relax one more time when I lay down,
Can't stop backslidin', overeating and heavy drinkin'.

But there's another side to my story;
I gave the preacher a twenty dollar bill
And I promised him that I'd stop my whorin'
But I'm backsidin' and heavy drinkin' still.