Billy Ray was a preacher's sonThe only boy who could ever reach me Was the son of a preacher manThe only boy who could ever teach me Was the son of a preacher manYes, he was, he was The Lord knows he wasBilly Ray was a preacher's son And when his daddy would visitHe'd come and goWhen they gathered round and started talking That's when Billy would take me walkingThrough the backyard we'd go walking Then he'd look into my eyesGod knows to my surprise The only boy who could ever reach meWas the son of a preacher man The only boy who could ever teach meWas the son of a preacher man Yes, he was, he wasThe Lord knows he wasHow well I remember The look was in his eyesStealing kisses from me on the slide Taking time to make timeTelling me that he's all mine Running from each other's knowingLooking to see how lost we've grown And the only boy that will ever reach meI said the only boy that will ever teach meThe only boy who could ever teach meThat would ever reach meOh, the only boy that would ever teach meOh, yes, he wasHe was the only boyThat would ever reach meWas the son of a preacher manYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah