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Gideon's BibleMichael Rbinson cowboy poetry music Michael Robinson cowboy poetry music Michael Robinson cowboy poetry music Michael Robinson cowboy poetry music Michael Robinson cowboy poetry music Michael Robinson cowboy Copyright©2002,
Michael S. Robinson
I
met her in Buddy's Cantina. A tiara, she wore like a crown as
she sang to a worn grand piana, in a
tight-clingin', red-sequined
gown.
Her
singin' was sweet as an angel's, and I found myself softly entranced. On
her break, we got better acquainted, as we drank
margueritas and danced.
We
tumbled, headlong, into passion, got a room
at ol' Manny's Motel. An'
the Gideon's Bible just lay there, with its words about Heaven and Hell.
Well
I felt like religion had found me. For
Heaven was there, in her arms, and
I drifted, in love, with the sandman, as I dreamed of her beauty and charms. Chorus:
She's a lady in red, with a heavenly voice and
I knew it was love, from the start. She
returned what she took, 'cept the one thing she kept, for
she still holds a piece of my heart. But
the dark was replaced by the sunrise, and my innocence left with the dawn, for
my watch and my wallet were missing, and the
Gideon's Bible was gone. I
found her again, south of Tulsa, singin' sweetly and
wonderfully dressed, but
I noticed that something was different, and a tiny, gold cross graced her breast.
She
said she'd discovered religion, and was sorry
she'd done what she
did-- that
she knew it was wrong, that she'd stolen, to afford a few things for her kid. She
gave back my watch and my wallet, and I noticed a smile on her face, as
the anger, I'd harbored was lifted, by the thought of forgiveness and
grace. Chorus:
She's the lady in red, with a heavenly voice and
I knew it was love, from the start. She
returned what she took, 'cept the one thing she kept, for
she still holds a piece of my heart. As
we hugged, I remembered the evening, and the pressboard nightstand, with
that book, and
a shepherd who searched in the darkness, snagging little lost lambs, with his
crook. The
Gideon's
Bible was never returned, but
another was sent, in its place. Two
lives had been changed by the message it held, of forgiveness and infinite grace. Chorus:
She's the lady in red, with a heavenly voice and
I knew it was love, from the start. She
returned what she took, 'cept the one thing she kept,
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