Ronnie Jones
Ronnie Jones decided to settle down
So he married Annie Birch
Now An nie 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
but I told God 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 them everything I've done
The Sunday meeting just took up
and Ronnie stood outside
half scared to death
Dreading what he had
to do in there
and trying 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
And his 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, and 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 sinful life became an open book
Names like Doris Cunningham
and Wanda Webb
and 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 you