Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
Hayes Carll
In his 2008 appearance on NPR’s Mountain Stage, Carll explained that this song came about after a friend went on a blind date and the lady told him she was into Jesus and he had to be if he wanted to date her.
We''ve been dating since high school we never once left this town
We use to go out on the weekends and we'd drink 'til we drowned
But now she's acting funny and I don't understand
I think that she's found her some other man
She left me for Jesus and that just ain't fair
She says that He's perfect, how could I compare?
She says I should find Him and I'll know peace at last
If I ever find Jesus, I'm kicking His ass
She showed me a picture all I could do was stare
At that freak in His sandals with His long pretty hair
They must think that I'm stupid or I don't have a clue
I'll bet He's a commie or ever worse yet a Jew
She left me for Jesus and that just ain't fair
She says that He's perfect, how could I compare?
She says I should find Him and I'll know peace at last
If I ever find Jesus, I'm kicking His ass
She's given up whiskey and taking up wine
While she prays for His troubles, she's forgot about mine
I'm a gonna get even, I can't handle the shame
Why last time we made love she even called out his name
She left me for Jesus and that just ain't fair
She says that He's perfect, how could I compare?
She says I should find Him and I'll know peace at last
If I ever find Jesus, I'm kicking His ass
It coulda been Carlos or even Billy or Ted
But if I ever find Jesus
He's gonna wish He was dead, Amen
She Left Me for Jesus was written by Brian Keane & Hayes Carll.
She Left Me for Jesus was produced by Bradley Jones.