can't go to church

(i can't

i can't

i can't

i can't)

when the bells ring out in the streets of town

i can't be found

anywhere near 'em

oh

i'm gon' get long-gone like a leavin' song

but i'll sing if you would

hopin' that you'll hear 'em

oh-whoa

i ain't tryin' to avoid that place

but i don't know what else to do

i don't wanna see her face

sittin' in the front pew

i'll still do my prayin' but i'll do it somewhere else

ain't it crazy how an angel can drag a man through hell?

oh

i know sunday mornin' she'll come walkin' through that door

so

lord

forgive me

i can't go to church anymore

(i can't

i can't

i can't go to church anymore

i can't

i can't

i can't go to church anymore)

now

it ain't fair that we gotta share the same place where

everybody does their healin'

oh-whoa

'cause if she's in there

i'll just stare

and i won't hear

a thing that preacher's preachin'

i'll still do my prayin' but i'll do it somewhere else

ain't it crazy how an angel can drag a man through hell?

oh

i know sunday mornin' she'll come walkin' through that door

so

lord

forgive me

i can't go to church anymore

can't go to church anymore

oh-whoa-oh

she gets the church

she gets the bible

i get the hurt

i get the bottle

i ain't tryin' to avoid that place

but i don't know what else to do

i don't wanna see her face

sittin' in the front pew

with someone new

so i'm gonna do my prayin' but i'll do it somewhere else

ain't it crazy how an angel can drag a man through hell?

oh

i know sunday mornin' she'll come walkin' through that door

so

lord

forgive me i can't go to church anymore

can't go to church anymore

oh

yeah

she gets the church

she gets the bible

i get the hurt

i get the bottle

(i can't

i can't

i can't go to church anymore

i can't

i can't

i can't go to church anymore

i can't

i can't

i can't go to church anymore

i can't

i can't

i can't go to church anymore)