Mennonite - Sam Baker

He was a Mennonite

Came from Mexico

Went to work for his uncle

Out In Weslaco

Building trailers hell he could build anything

Anything out of metal fix any machine

Praise be to Jesus

For room and accord

But when you are twenty-one years old

You get kind of bored

Staying home every night

Worshiping the lord

He bought a pearl snap shirt

Stitched with horses and stars

A handsome pair of boots

Started driving past bars

Where women wore short skirts

Made out in cars

Drank beer by the quart out of mason jars

They drank beer

At the county line bars

Marco Polo Marco Polo

Off to explore

Christopher Columbus

Off to find a new shore

A young Mennonite walks through a bar room door

It said I heart to dance

On a tight t-shirt

Tucked in the waist of a short short skirt

She was standing at the bar

Holding court

A push up bra for extra support

The boys fell like pigeons

Fell like leaves

Strong pale legs

Red boots to her knees

Who’s to say what love is?

Is it hearts and stars?

Is it boots and beer the back seat of cars

On the floor board

There’s a short short skirt

Wrapped in the arms of a pearl snap shirt

It’s been five years

Never was hard

He never much thought

More about the lord

She just quit

Going to bars

They got married had kids

Never was hard

Got married had kids

Never was hard.

Who’s to say what love is

Is it hearts and stars

Boots and beer the back seat of cars

On the floor board

There’s a short, short skirt

Wrapped in the arms of a pearl snap shirt