These are Brother Joe by Ole 60 on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Well Brother Joe never
 had a life
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He became a man of God
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Started preachin\' at the 
church
Down by mile marker 17
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He works his days he
 works his nights
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Spends his time saving lives
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When the day ends, goes home
 to hid beautiful family

[Verse]
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His sweet, sweet Valerie
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Well she\'s the only reason
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He ever found God in the
 first place

He thinks back to the 
first day
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He was nervous jumbling 
his words
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Sweatin\' when he tried
 to flirt
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But he just never seen a 
woman in the world
Who\'s beautiful as her

[Verse]
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She told him all about
 Jesus
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The love He had to give
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Few years have passed now
And they\'re thinkin\' 
;bout some kids
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He popped out a couple few
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To sit upi in the 
front pew
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Every Sunday morning 
when he\'s
 in the pulpit
Spreading gospel to the room

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[Verse]
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The preacher man he\'s so
 in love
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With God, his woman,
 his three sons
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And every morning when
 he wakes
He thanks the good Lord
 up above
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His sloppy wheel well
 did enough
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Sometimes things get tough
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But he does it for his 
Valerie
Who pulled him from the rough yeah

[Instrument]
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[Verse]
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It wasn\'t Sunday night
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He was back in his office
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He was writing down talking
 points
For the sermon next week
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He was writing \'bout forgiveness
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And rolling with the punches
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If you catch one on the chin
You just gotta turn the 
other cheek

[Verse]
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The phone started ringing
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He was busy singing
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Some ole gospel hymn
He learned from sweet, 
sweet Valerie
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He checked who was calling
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He knew something was off
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When he saw the sherrif\'s
 office
On the caller I.D.

[Verse]
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He picked up the call
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And his heart started
 dropping
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You don\'t get this way
 often
But he\'s gritting his 
teeth
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Someone broke into 
the parsonage
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Neighbors heard the poppin\'
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\'Fore the lady flinched
He was down on his knees

[Verse]
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She told him they ain\'t
 cotton
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Two broken locks and
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Three little bodies
And his sweet, sweet
 Valerieeeeeee
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Well the preacher man
 he’s got a gun
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He don’t wanna hurt
 no one
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But he believed that
 Jesus needed him
To leave a bullet in a man’s head

[Verse]
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He knows that come
 the risen sun
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It’ll all be said and
 done
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He ain’t gonna make it 
right tonight
If he don’t paint the walls red
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Puts the steel in his own head
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Two words is all he said
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Tears streamin down his cheek
As he let out that Jesus wept

[Verse]
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What the hell was all
 this for
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Lifeless body hits 
the floor
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So he’s heading home 
sweet home
To his three boys
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And his sweet, sweet 
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Valerie
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And his sweet, sweet
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 Valerie
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Ohhhhh ohhhhh ohhhhh ohhh

[Outro]
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Brother Joe never 
had a lot
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He became a man of God
 D
Started preaching 
at the church
Down by mile marker 17