The Conversion Of Ronnie Jones-Merle Haggard

[00:15.82]Ronnie Jones decided to settle down [00:18.68]So he married annie Birch [00:22.19]Now annie hadn't been around too much [00:25.04]She mostly only went to church [00:29.14]Right away she started in insisting [00:31.43]That he come on up and join [00:35.53]He said I'll tell you what I'll do [00:37.74]To settle this by dog I'll flip a coin [00:42.42]Preacher used some fancy words [00:44.52]But ronnie tried his best to understand [00:48.68]Cause he loved his little annie [00:50.91]And for her he wanted to be a better man [00:55.38]But of all the things they told him [00:57.60]It seemed that he remembered only one [01:02.00]He said I guess I'll have to go up there [01:05.03]And tell 'em everything I've done [01:08.82]The Sunday meeting just took up [01:11.05]And ronnie stood outside half scared to death [01:15.56]Regreting what he had to do in there [01:18.28]And tried hard to get his breath [01:21.90]There didn't seem to be much use to put off [01:24.62]What he had to do no more [01:28.29]So he backed way up and took a run [01:30.97]And bolted through the double lobby door [01:33.60] [01:44.28]Annie's eyes began to overflow [01:47.08]In tears of joy at what she saw [01:50.78]The preacher took him by the hand [01:52.86]And said bless you my boy tell it all [01:57.28]While every head was bowed in prayer [01:59.66]Some women slipped outside as if to pray [02:04.14]Fearing what the spirit might [02:06.17]Cause ronnie and his circumstance to say [02:10.70]All their fears were justified [02:12.75]His simple life became an open book [02:17.42]Names like dorris cunningham [02:19.73]Wanda webb even Marlene cook [02:24.04]Another kind of fire began to burn down [02:26.96]In the depths of annie's soul [02:30.38]She turned on ron and used some words [02:32.69]Nobody'd ever heard her say before [02:37.32]Sometimes we know not what we pray for [02:39.70]