As the preacher stumbles
From his castle of sin
And his vision gets distorted
From the bottle within
But his mouth slurs out the words
From a sober heart
They cut deep into open nerves
Then they tear you apart
This is the ballad
Of the bullet proof poet
This is the ballad
Baby, don´t I know it
He gave Jesus tattoos
And took the devil´s soul
He got the angels drunk
And gave them the gutter for a home
This is the ballad
Of the bullet proof poet
This is the ballad
Baby, don´t I know it
He loved the most beautiful girl
In the mist of wine
A last kiss through cigarette smoke
Then she quietly slipped of the edge of time
This is the ballad
Of the bullet proof poet
This is the ballad
Don´t I know it