Armadillos Smokin` Miracle Man Lyrics

Miracle Man Lyrics

The Miracle Man came to Lousian'

Selling potions from a jar

Claimed he could cure anything

From a fever to a scar



And all the town folk

Gathered round to see

As he cast his spell of wonder

Over everyone but me



See, the Miracle Man was a Dapper Dan

Full of eloquence and grace

And I could tell his charm was working

By that look on mama's face



She was buying more 

Than meets the eye

Because she left me and my daddy

Without even a goodbye



And Daddy Cried

For forty days and forty nights

And so did I

From the emptiness inside



No I wasn’t old enough

To understand

Whatever happened to my mama

And that Miracle Man



Well the years went by

And One day I went riding into town

I came upon commotion

There were people gathered 'round



And out in front of Emma Barker's place

Stood the man 

Who stole my mama

And my daddy face to face



Daddy stepped up to him

And drew his .45

And with both hands on that trigger

Stuck right between his eyes



And just when I thought

He’d sent him to the grave

Suddenly with out a word

He just turned and walked away



And how I tried

As we were riding home that night

To figure why

My Dad would put away his pride



When he knew he had 

The power in his hands

To put a round of Justice

In that Miracle Man



Later on that night

He came and sat upon my bed

He said there are some reasons why

That demon isn’t dead



The good book says

You'll reap the seeds you sow

And if you turn the other cheek

You'll find the way the righteous go



If I would have shot him

They'd have put me in a cage

And I would be around here now

To watch you come of age



And an orphaned life

Can turn a boy to stone

Son I love you far too much

To watch face this world alone



In my mind

At that moment in my life

I came to find

Everything he said was right



For the first time

I could truly understand

Why My daddy spared the life

Of that Miracle Man



Yes, and now I'm old enough

To understand

It was my daddy all along 

Who was the Miracle Man