She grew up on the front pew of the Bethel Baptist ChurchHer mama led the choir and her daddy preached the wordShe got her angel wings the day that she was bornNobody ever thought she'd end up growing hornsHe blew into town on a dark and dusty windShe fell like the rain for a kiss as sweet as sinHe set her world on fire till it all fell apartBut that devil made his matchThe day he broke her heartShe's singing, Lord, forgive me for what I'm about to doIt ain't Christian, but this one ain't on youWell, I've been sleeping with the well-known heathenAnd I could sure use your helpGetting back up to heaven when I drop him off in hellWell, it won't be no gun, it won't be no bladeBut I'm bound to be the one to give him what he gaveWell, I know it ain't right, but after what he did to meIt's an eye for an eye, and I can't turn the other cheekSinging, Lord, forgive me for what I'm about to doIt ain't Christian, but this one ain't on youWell, I've been sleeping with the well-known heathenAnd I could sure use your helpGetting back up to heaven when I drop him off in hellShe stood there like a stone by a jury of her peersThey sentenced her to life, but she never cried a tearHer daddy smiled the day he found the note she left behindHe might have raised a cold-blood killer, but he raised the praying kindSinging, Lord, forgive me for what I'm about to doIt ain't Christian, but this one ain't on youWell, I've been sleeping with the well-known heathenAnd I could sure use your helpGetting back up to heaven when I drop him off in hellGetting back up to heaven*