As the preacher stumbles from his castle of sin
And his vision gets distorted from the bottle within
But his mouth slurs out the words from a sober heart
They cut deep into open nerves then they tear you apart

This is the ballad of the bullet proof poet
This is the ballad, don't I know it

He gave Jesus tattoos and took the devil's soul
He got the angels drunk and gave them the gutter for a home

This is the ballad of the bullet proof poet
This is the ballad, don't I know it

He loved the most beautiful girl in the mist of wine
A last kiss through cigarette smoke then she quietly slipped of the edge of time

This is the ballad of the bullet proof poet
This is the ballad, don't I know it