Bruce Springsteen - If I Was the Priest lyrics

There's a light on yonder mountain
And it's calling me to shine
There's a girl over by the water fountain
And she's asking to be mine
And Jesus is standing in the doorway
In a buckskin jacket, boots and spurs so fine
He says
"We need you son tonight up in Dodge City
'Cause there's just too many outlaws trying
To work the same line"

Now if Jesus was a sheriff
And I were a priest
If my lady was an heiress and
My Mama was a thief
If Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
There's still too many bad boys trying
To work the same line

Well sweet Virgin Mary runs
The Holy Grail saloon
Well for a nickel she'll give you
Whiskey and a personally blessed balloon
And the Holy Ghost is the host with the most
He runs the burlesque show
Where they'll let you in for free and
They hit you when you go
Mary serving Mass on Sunday and she
Sells her body on Monday
To the bootlegger who paid the highest price
He don't know he got stuck with a loser
She's a stone junkie what's more she's a user
She's only been made once or twice
By some kind of magic

If Jesus was a sheriff and I were a priest
If my lady was an heiress and
My Mama was a thief
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
There's still too many outlaws trying
To work the same line

Well things ain't been the same in heaven
Since Big Bad Bobby came to town
He's been known to down eleven
Then ask for another round
Me I've got scabs on my knees
From kneeling way too long
It's about time I played the man
Took a stand where I belong
And I forget about the old
Friends and the old times
There's just too many new boys trying
To work the same line

Well if Jesus was a sheriff
And I were a priest
If my lady was an heiress and
My Mama was a thief
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
There's just too many outlaws trying
To work the same line

Well there's a light on yonder mountain
And it's calling me to shine
There's a girl over by the water fountain
She's asking to be mine
Jesus is standing in the doorway
Six gun drawn and ready to fan
Said, "We need you tonight son
Up in Dodge City"
Told him I was already overdue for Cheyenne

If Jesus was the sheriff and I were a priest
If my lady was an heiress and
My Mama was a thief
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
There's still too many bad boys trying
To work the same line

If Jesus was the sheriff and I were a priest
If my lady was an heiress and
My Mama was a thief
And Papa rode shotgun on the Fargo line
There's still too many bad boys trying
To work the same line

If Jesus was the sheriff and I was a priest