He said the
Lord's Prayer
through his sober lips
And he solemnly swore he'd
never touch it again
On the Bible that he kept
right next to his bed
With a picture in the pages
that he seldom read
He turned to the gospel according to John
And he soon realized
what's done is done
The whiskey won't bring back
the woman he loved
And the Bible don't know
when enough is enough
What good is the anger
if it ain't worth the fight?
What good is a sunset
if you can't see the light?
What good is a Bible
if it ain't never been read?
And what good is I love you
if it ain't never been said?
He poured his last bottle
down the motel drain
Caught a stranger's reflection
in the windowpane
Who have I become, he said from his knees
A million empty glasses
won't erase her memory
What good is the anger
if it ain't worth the fight
What good is the sunset
if you can't see the light
What good is the power
if it ain't never been bred
And what good is I love you,
if it ain't never been said?
He was too proud to let a
woman take his keys
He said again and again
he'd only had two or three
She even tried in vain
to force them from him
But it was a fight she wouldn't win
What good is the anger
if it ain't worth the fight?
What good is the sunset
if you can't see the light?
What good is the Bible
if it ain't never been read?
And what good is I love you
if it ain't never been
What good is the anger
if it ain't worth the fight?
What good is the sunset
if you can't see the light?
What good is the Bible
if it ain't never been read?
What good is I love you
if it ain't never been said?
What good is I love you,
if it ain't never been said?
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