Smokin' Armadillos - Miracle Man lyrics

Miracle Man The Miracle Man came to Lousian' Selling potions from a jar Claimed he could cure anything From a fever to a scar And all the town folk Gathered round to see As he cast his spell of wonder Over everyone but me See, the Miracle Man was a Dapper Dan Full of eloquence and grace And I could tell his charm was working By that look on mama's face She was buying more Than meets the eye Because she left me and my daddy Without even a goodbye And Daddy Cried For forty days and forty nights And so did I From the emptiness inside No I wasn't old enough To understand Whatever happened to my mama And that Miracle ManWell the years went by And One day I went riding into town I came upon commotion There were people gathered 'roundAnd out in front of Emma Barker's place Stood the man Who stole my mama And my daddy face to faceDaddy stepped up to him And drew his. 45 And with both hands on that trigger Stuck right between his eyesAnd just when I thought He'd sent him to the grave Suddenly with out a word He just turned and walked awayAnd how I tried As we were riding home that night To figure why My Dad would put away his prideWhen he knew he had The power in his hands To put a round of Justice In that Miracle ManLater on that night He came and sat upon my bed He said there are some reasons why That demon isn't deadThe good book says You'll reap the seeds you sow And if you turn the other cheek You'll find the way the righteous goIf I would have shot him They'd have put me in a cage And I would be around here now To watch you come of ageAnd an orphaned life Can turn a boy to stone Son I love you far too much To watch face this world aloneIn my mind At that moment in my life I came to find Everything he said was rightFor the first time I could truly understand Why My daddy spared the life Of that Miracle ManYes, and now I'm old enough To understand It was my daddy all along Who was the Miracle Man