The Bear Band Serenade (From Country Bear Jamboree) - Pete Renoudet

Please don't tell me where you've been If I find out where, I'll find out when Let's call it a truce It's just a game, after all I don't mind knowing, but it's true If I find out, then I find you All it takes is one step out the door So what went wrong? My troubled mind Is everywhere at the same time I'll try my best to make it up to you But everywhere I go, it's all the same Tiny little pawns try to win the game And every night I'll fight my fears away So tell me, tell me, tell me Tell me now if it's over And maybe I could see you tonight And lay down all these broken hearts Tell me is it raining where you are? Tell me is it raining where you are? Tell me is it raining where you are, tonight? So what went wrong? My flower-child I'll come back soon but it may be awhile Don't grow up fast Don't be too hard on yourself When everything I see is out to get me And everywhere I look, I see the end Is it so wrong to try and start again? Is it so wrong So wrong Is it so wrong to try and start again? Is it so wrong

Well the preacher went out a huntin' it was on one Sunday morn It was against his religion but he took a shotgun along He got himself a mess almighty fine quail and one old scraggly hare And on the way home he crossed the path of a Great big grizzly bear Well the bear got down lookin' ready to charge The preacher never seen nothin' quite that large They looked each other right smack in the eye Didn't take that preacher long to say bye The preacher he run till he spotted a tree He said up in that tree's where I auta be By the time that bear made a grab for him The preacher was a sittin' on top a that limb Scared to death he tuned about He looked to the sky and began to shout Hey Lord you delivered Daniel from the bottom of the lion's den You delivered Joana from the belly of the whale and then The Hebrew children from the fiery furnace so the good books do declare Hey Lord if you can't help me for goodness sake don't help that bear Yaah look out preacher Well about that time the limb broke off and the preacher came tumblin' down Had a straight razor out of his pocket by the time he lit on the ground He landed on his feet right in front a that bear and Lord what an awful fight The preacher and the bear and the razor and the hair flyin' from left to right Well first they was up and then they was down The preacher and the bear runnin' round and round The bear he roared and the the preacher he groaned He was havin' a tough time holdin' his own He said Lord if I get out a here alive To the good book I'll abide No more huntin' on the Sabbath day Come Sunday I'm headin' to the church to pray Up to the heavens the preacher glanced He said oh Lord won't you give me one more chance Then his suspenders gave away And he knocked that bear ten feet away Then the preacher got up and made a bound To the tree where he'd be safe and sound Pulled himself up and turned about Cast his eyes to the skies and he did shout Hey Lord you delivered Daniel from the bottom of the lion's den...