Sung:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound...

Electric guitar playin, "Amazing Grace."

Spoken:
what the hell? who the hell is that? God-damned hippies!
Unplug that god-damned guitar there, Martha!

Sung:
Hey, quittin' work early, Jimmy went home.
Though he never knocked on the door.
Catchin' his wife in another mans arms,
Actin' like some two-bit whore.

He picked up his pride and took it outside.
Just had to have him a drink.
With his hand on his pistol he walked in a bar,
And that's when he started to think.

This life is turnin' from better to worse.
The whole damn world's crazy he swore.
What the hell's happenin', Jesus Christ?
Ain't there nothin' sacred no more?

Ain't there nothin' sacred no more, Lord?
Ain't there nothin' sacred no more?
What the hell's happenin', Jesus Christ?
Ain't there nothin' sacred no more?

Seekin' repentance she went to the church.
Expression was good for the soul.
The preacher undressed her and then he blessed her,
By puttin' his faith in her hole.

Two hours later feelin' the guilt,
He finally confessed to the crime.
Then you can see how they'd believe,
She wasn't out of her mind.

Now, what kind of preacher could stoop low enough,
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/fUPKTo make love to some common whore?
What the hell's happenin', Jesus Christ?
Ain't there nothin' sacred no more?

Ain't there nothin' sacred no more, Lord?
Ain't there nothin' sacred no more?
What the hell's happenin', Jesus Christ?
Ain't there nothin' sacred no more?

Ain't there nothin' sacred no more, Lord?
Ain't there nothin' sacred no more?
What the hell's happenin', Jesus Christ?

Spoken over guitar.
And I'd like to talk to you today about time. Every body has time.
So, you got time for outlaw group sex. You've got time for Have Gun
Will Travel2. But do you have time for Jesus?

Raised voice.
I say...there ought to be a law against rock and roll. Where's that
comin' from? How'd it get in here? Lord have mercy, ain't there
nothin' sacred any more? And, and, and, and Jesus, Jesus said --
god damn it, unplug that fuckin' noise. I'm in here tryin' to tell
people about Jesus, but all the god-damned noise is goin' on in here.
Ain't there nothin' sacred any more?

NOTHIN' SACRED
Written by: David Allan Coe
Performed by: David Allan Coe
Appears on: Nothing Sacred-1978 (Track 1)1 & 18 X-Rated
Hits-1990 (Track 16).

1Transcribed from the track on this album.

2Have Gun–Will Travel, was a popular Western TV series that aired on
CBS from 1957 through 1963. The show followed the adventures of Paladin,
a gentleman-turned-gunfighter, played by Richard Boone, who preferred to
settle problems without violence, yet, when forced to fight, excelled.
There was also a radio program with the same name and premise, which
debuted in 1958. John Denver did the voice of Paladin.