Texty písní Clarence Carter

Clarence Carter

The Court Room

The Georgia courtoom was crowded

As Ellie May took the stand

She was accusing Reverend Joe Henry

Of being a no good preaching man

She said, the Reverend

Partook of my lovely body

The Reverend said, she lies

The jury said, now listen

I'll do the talking and

The courts will justify

The prosecuting attorney

Started pacing the floor

Sweating and making threats

The judge's wife, sitting

Back there in the back row

Said, hey, Judge, I'll check

Cause Reverend Joe Henry

Is a good man

He preached all over

The bottom land

He spoke so a

Child could understand

And there oughta be a

Whole lot more good folks

Like Reverend Joe Henry

Preaching in the bottom land

The jury said, shut up, Sally

Will the defense take it's case

Defense walked to the jury box

With a stern look on his face

One by one

He pointed to the jurors

And said, the Reverend

Picked cotton by your side

Blessed your child

When it was born

And he cried

When your mama died

Then he turned his back on the jury

And his face was getting awful red

He pounded his fists so hard

He shook the room and he

Whirled around and he said

Lookie here, Reverend

Joe Henry is a good man

He preached all over

The bottom land

He spoke so a

Child could understand

And there oughta be a

Whole lot more good folks

Like Reverend Joe Henry

Preaching in the bottom land

Somebody cussed and said

Hang him, he guilty

The judge said, now listen here

If there's one more outburst

Of emotion like that

I'll have this courtroom cleared

Yes, I will

Then the foreman

Addressed the court

And said, I've known the

Reverend all his life

He got shot up so bad

Back there in the war

That he couldn't even

Take him a wife

You know what I'm talking about

Now I swore I'd never tell a soul

But the Reverend's life is on the line

And there ain't no way

On God's green Earth that

The Reverend could commit this crime

Cause Reverend Joe Henry

Is a good man

He preached all over

The bottom land

He spoke so a

Child could understand

And there oughta be a

Whole lot more good folks

Like Reverend Joe Henry

Preaching in the bottom land