RECORDED BY:   DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
WORDS AND MUSIC BY:  JOHN HURLEY AND RONNIE WILKINS
 

BILLY RAY WAS A PREACHER'S SON
AND WHEN HIS DADDY WOULD VISIT HE'D COME ALONG
WHEN THEY GATHERED AROUND AND STARTED TALKIN'
THAT'S WHEN BILLY WOULD TAKE ME WALKIN'
OUT THROUGH THE BACK YARD WE'D GO WALKIN'
THEN HE'D LOOK INTO MY EYES
LORD KNOWS, TO MY SUPRISE
 

THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD EVER REACH ME
WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER MAN
THE ONLY BOY WHO COULD EVER TEACH ME
WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER MA
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YES HE WAS, HE WAS, OOH, YES HE WAS
 

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BEIN' GOOD ISN'T ALWAYS EASY
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY
WHEN HE STARTED SWEET-TALKIN' TO ME
HE'D COME TELL ME, "EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT"
HE'D KISS ME AND TELL ME, "EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT"
CAN I GET AWAY AGAIN TONIGHT?
 

THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD EVER REACH ME
WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER MAN
THE ONLY BOY WHO COULD EVER TEACH ME
WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER MAN
YES HE WAS, HE WAS, OOH, YES HE WAS (YES HE WAS)
 

HOW WELL I REMEMBER
THE LOOK THAT WAS IN HIS EYES
STEALIN' KISSES FROM ME ON THE SLY
TAKIN' TIME TO MAKE TIME
TELLIN' ME THAT HE'S ALL MINE
LEARNIN' FROM EACH OTHER'S KNOWIN'
LOOKIN' TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE GROWN, AND
 

THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD EVER REACH ME
WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER MAN
THE ONLY BOY WHO COULD EVER TEACH ME
WAS THE SON OF A PREACHER MAN
YES HE WAS, HE WAS, OOH, YES HE WAS

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