Me and Virgil the best of friends

Brothers till the very end

Made a pact one sunny afternoon

Down by Cold Pepper Creek



Fishing holes and skipping rocks

down the railroad tracks we'd talk

'Bout girls and cars and hopes and dreams

The way our lives would be



And we swore we'd never change

We would always be the same



Virgil met the Holy Ghost

A little younger than most

at the Gilappi Pentecostal

Tent revival halter call



Everyone from town was there that day

When Virgil gave his soul away

They were praising as I waited

Outside the gospel hall



Where we swore we'd never change

But it would never be the same



Cause it was later on that year

The winter that our mama died

When I told Virgil I don't wanna hear

About love and peace inside

Cause if this God you know is good

How could He allow the pain

Life's been hard enough

So why would I want to be born again



The other night me and Virgil spoke

He travels with the holy ghost

Holding tent revivals

He's out to seek and save



Virgil says he's been set free

By Jesus dying on a tree

And I'm not sure what I believe

My questions still remain



Virgil says that when he prays

He asks the Lord that I'd be saved

I guess some things never change