Love Thy Neighbor
Unveiling Virtue: Embracing Love Amidst Small-Town Secrets
Lyrics
The Carver county women of faith
The women of faith in Carver county
Get together wednesday nights
Gather on Wednesday nights
As far as he knows, that’s where I go
The singer attends these gatherings, as far as her partner knows
After I kiss him goodbye
She goes there after bidding farewell to her partner
My taste of heaven’s always waiting
Her version of heaven is always ready, just three doors down and across the driveway
3 doors down and across the drive
She engages in weekly devotion there
I get in my weekly devotion
Timing allows her to be home by 9
Just in time to be home by 9
Call me a no good, cheatin’ truth spinner
Contrary to that, she rejects being called a sinner
But you’d be dead wrong calling me a sinner
Her defense is rooted in Jesus' command to love thy neighbor
It’s written in red on holy paper
Jesus said to love thy neighbor
Quoting Jesus, emphasizing the directive to love one's neighbor
I say my prayers and pay my taxes
She claims to pray and fulfill her tax obligations
Love my Husband most the time
Loving her husband most of the time is mentioned
Paint my lips bite my tongue
She balances being a good wife with self-expression
And try to be a damn good wife
If I’d met someone one town over
If she had met someone in another town, she might have ended the affair
Lord knows that I would’ve quit
Despite difficulties, she finds it hard to let go of something easily obtained
But it’s so hard to give up something
That’s so easy to get
Indicating the temptation of the affair
Call me a no good, cheatin’ truth spinner
Reiteration of being called a no-good, cheating truth spinner
But you’d be dead wrong calling me a sinner
Rejection of the label of being a sinner
It’s written in red on holy paper
Reference to the commandment about loving one's neighbor
Jesus said to love thy neighbor
There’s box die blondes drug dealing cousins
Mentioning the diverse characters in the town
Secrets under every rug
Highlighting hidden secrets in the community
If walls could talk this town’d be buzzing
Imagining the town gossip if walls could talk
No one here’s got grounds to judge
No one in the town is free from flaws to judge others
Call me a no good, cheatin’ truth spinner
Repetition of being labeled a no-good, cheating truth spinner
But you’d be dead wrong calling me a sinner
Reiteration of rejecting the label of being a sinner
It’s written in red on holy paper
Re-emphasis on the commandment to love thy neighbor
Jesus said to love thy neighbor
Call me a homewreckin’ Jezebel
Accepting the label of a home-wrecking Jezebel
I know my soul ain’t bound for hell
Confident that her soul is not destined for hell
It’s written in red on holy paper
Recalling the commandment to love thy neighbor
Jesus said to love thy neighbor
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