Lyrics Daddy Was A Preacher To The Common Man - Speedy Justice

When I was a kid, I couldn't understand
Why my daddy was a preacher for the common man
I asked my mama and she told me
It happened on the beaches at Normandy
She said the Lord come down with his right hand
Made your daddy a preacher for the common man

Daddy was a preacher for the common man
On this rock he shall stand
Never build your house on shifting sand
Daddy would preach to the common man

I remember a time when all of us
Rode north to Greenville on a Greyhound bus
Someone met us at a little dirt road
And took us to a church they called Crossroads
Daddy didn't care if the crowd was thin
It was time to start and the service began

Daddy was a preacher for the common man
On this rock he shall stand
Never build your house on shifting sand
Daddy was a preacher to the common man

I'll never forget that mournful day
When the Lord called my daddy away
Walked that road that was narrow and straight
And it led him to the pearly gate
And now I've come to understand
That God needed a preacher for the common man

Daddy was a preacher for the common man
On this rock he shall stand
Never build your house on shifting sand
Daddy would preach to the common man

Daddy would preach to the common man
On this rock he shall stand
Never build your house on shifting sand
Daddy would preach to the common man
Give me that old time religion