[Verse]
Ronnie Jones decided to settle down
So he married Annie Birch
Now Annie hadn't been around too much
She mostly only went to church
Right away she started in insisting
That he come on up and join
He said, "I'll tell you what I'll do to settle this
By dog, I'll flip a coin"
Preacher used some fancy words
That Ronnie tried his best to understand
'Cause he loved his little Annie
And for her, he wanted to be a better man
But of all the things they told him
It seemed that he remembered only one
He said I guess I'll have to go up there
And tell 'em everything I've done
The Sunday meeting just took up
And Ronnie stood outside half-scared to death
Regretting what he had to do in there
And tried hard to get his breath
There didn't seem to be much use
To put off what he had to do no more
So he backed way up and took a run
And bolted through the double lobby door
Annie's eyes began to overflow
With tears of joy at what she saw
The preacher took him by the hand
And said, "Bless you, my boy, tell it all"
While every head was bowed in prayer
Some women slipped outside as if to pray
Fearing what the spirit might cause Ronnie
And his circumstance to say
All their fears were justified
The simple life became an open book
Names like Dorris Cunningham
And Wanda Webb, even Marlene Cook
Another kind of fire began to burn
Down in the depths of Annie's soul
She turned on Ron and used some words
Nobody had ever heard her say before
Sometimes we know not what we pray for