Billy And Rex And Oral And Bob
Johnny Cash
[Intro] [Verse 1] Ordained for proclaimin’ the gospel of Jesus The great super preachers go crusadin’ on And the people all gather in big congregations They hear of the Saviour who came to atone [Pre-Chorus] And they kneel at the altar and they walk away happy then the devil starts gossip about money and sex Makin’ it hard on the good men of God like Billy and Bob and Oral and Rex [Chorus] Old Billy Sunday is dead and gone Young Jim Robertson’s comin’ on strong And Billy and Rex and Oral and Bob Are talkin’ about Jesus and doin’ their job [Instrumental] [Verse 2] Millions of people tune in Katherine Coolman And see her face shine with an unearthly light Garner Ted warns of the world of tomorrow But they criticized him and the reverend died [Pre-Chorus] ’Cause the devil is after the great super preachers he’d try to discredit the gospel they bring But Billy and Rex and Oral and Bob hold to their commitment to Jesus the King [Chorus] Old Billy Sunday is dead and gone Young Tommy Barnett is comin’ on strong And Billy and Rex and Oral and Bob Are talkin’ about Jesus and doin’ their job Old Billy Sunday is dead and gone Young Jimmy Snow is comin’ on strong And Billy and Rex and Oral and Bob Are talkin’ about Jesus and doin’ their job
