Nelson, Willie - Time Of The Preacher Lyrics






It was the time of the preacher
When the story began
With the choice of a lady
and the love of a man

How he loved her so dearly
he went out of his mind
When she left him for someone
she'd left behind

He cried like a baby
He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night
And he saddled his pony
and went for a ride

It was the time of the preacher
in the year of 01
Now the preachin' is over
and the lesson's begun

[Guitar music]





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  1. G.... B....

    Edge Of Darkness (BBC) brought me here

  2. M.... M....

    Bob peck. Anyone?

  3. P.... L....

    Play it loud and proud. Great music.. 💯🇺🇸

  4. D.... C....

    I am ashamed to say I've never been much a fan of his voice but this song touches my soul. I heard it for the first time yesterday. Now that I am older I will go explore more of his music. I know a lot of it but so much to discover yet.

  5. M.... B....

    Favorite Country Album ever

  6. p.... ....

    I love willie Nelson! That's about all i have to say about that pretty much sums it up.

  7. H.... B....

    If you give this a thumbs down..... F you.

  8. V.... M....

    The best!!

  9. s.... s....

    Get well soon Willy, I just left Hillsboro, RIP Rodney I will never forget that man. He would allways put a smile on my face, no matter what I was going through. Hopefully we can meet one day Mr. Nelson

  10. J.... S....

    Willie on lead guitar. Ain't leavin' that to somebody else.

  11. P.... D....

    i was 37 years old when i first heard this song, now i am still 37. The preacher is a great tv show

  12. S.... T....

    edge of darkness +++ uk tv love it

  13. J.... C....

    Jesse Custer's theme

  14. A.... A....

    Pricher is comming!!!

  15. T.... C....

    "PROUDA YOU BOY".......JODIE-
    Definitely one of the greatest concept albums ever recorded.
    Jaysus! What kind of a preacher are you?!

  16. J.... S....

    Im not with the clergy club.Im preaching a cattlemans pistol at your 3rd eye.

  17. A.... D....

    I bought this album for a dollar when I was 18. Me and my buddy got cooked and spun both sides. Needless to say it's been a staple ever since.

  18. S.... T....

    yo edge of darkness -needs looking at again -respect

  19. A.... B....

    I love you Willie !

  20. S.... T....

    always resonates

  21. S.... T....

    edge of darkness -one of the songs you can always listen to

    and watch the series !

  22. C.... s....

    Preacher By Garth Ennis And Steve Dillon

  23. T.... T....

    Edge of Darkness

  24. B.... S....

    Love this kind of music

  25. M.... ....

    Preacher brought me here. And Here will take me back to Preacher. Ad infinitum. Such an underrated show in the UK. None of my friends have seen it. What's wrong with them?!??

  26. R.... T....

    Did a track by track review of this on our channel. Great great album!!!!

  27. b.... ....

    Time of the preach is done and the...in the year of o1

  28. S.... ....

    Edge of Darkness brought me here.

  29. R.... F....

    He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night!

  30. D.... D....

    My mom used to sing me this when i was born something I've always remembered whenever my blood sister and i are struggling we sing this to each other as my moms been gone for six years.

  31. C.... K....

    I have been listening to this album quite frequently lately and it got me to thinking. I wonder if Willie would consider making a short film about the red headed stranger? The story is already written, a preacher whom murders his wife and her lover after she leaves him for another man, then goes wandering around running from his past, kills another lady who tries to steal his wife's horse, meets a woman in Denver and tells his sob story and so and so forth. i think Netflix would jump all over that idea. and id watch the hell out of it

    C.... K....

    @CodyKutny this movie was made over 30 years ago!

  32. B.... B....

    💕 💞 💓 💗 💖

  33. P.... ....

    Theres real song out there ! They should discover this truth.

  34. p.... t....

    Back in the 90s Willie played at a arena near me. My friend was an usher there and went backstage while the opening act was on and saw Willie and his band sitting around smoking a blunt. Willie raised the blunt to my friend and asked him if he wanted a hit. Friend said no thanks I'm working. He regrets saying no, cuz he had a chance to smoke with Willie.

  35. S.... X....

    One of the best albums, of any genre, of all-time.

  36. v.... w....

    First time I heard this I was a teen, sitting in a Ford truck , on our 240 acre farm, about a twenty degree winter night. I still love it.

  37. D.... ....

    Well said CHRIS M well said

  38. S.... S....

    [Verse]
    It was the time of the preacher
    When the story began
    With the choice of a lady
    And the love of a man
    How he loved her so dearly
    He went out of his mind
    When she left him for someone
    That she'd left behind

    He cried like a baby
    He screamed like a panther
    In the middle of the night
    And he saddled his pony
    He went for a ride
    It was the time of the preacher
    In the year of '01
    Now the preachin' is over
    And the lesson's begun

    [Spanish guitar outro]

  39. J.... H....

    I've been in love like this once in my life.

    J.... H....

    Me too sadly

    J.... H....

    @Will Wyatt Me too. Thankfully for her, I have an aversion to forcible sodomy. Otherwise the story would have ended the same way. It's been 20 years and the hate still burns inside me.

    J.... H....

    @John Mac somedays that is all that keeps a man going ain't it

  40. C.... K....

    Very nice,Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash are my favorite . Something about there music sets them apart from other country singers . I am not an expert on country music, just giving my opinion .

  41. I.... S....

    Preacher #1 - Gone to Texas

  42. E.... S....

    Love me some Mr Willie Nelson. The greatest country musician of all time in my opinion.

  43. F.... L....

    The year 00:01. Love you Willie Nelson, you Outlaw.

  44. K.... S....

    He loved her so dearly she left him behind.

  45. F.... R....

    you just need to open your heart

  46. R.... M....

    ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~
    ~"Happy 420 Willie"~ I give this day of 4/20 celebration in 2018 just for you my friend... I hope life
    is treating you well all around bud, love ya & your always on my mind & how I wish I
    could celebrate with ya, but always know, "I'm thinking of ya", always have & always Will/ie...
    I'm enjoying my medicinal medicines in my Willie's Reserve Vape Pen & I deeply thank you & I will always remember you are the best & I/So many appreciate & love you & thank you for being you... ~"Big Smiles"~

    Sweet funluvn hugs always bud! 💞🎵🌷🌺 🌸 😆 👏 👍 💫 🌟 💛

    ~"Happy Fri'day & any other days ahead, enjoy your funluvn day to the fullest & many more ahead bud. ~"CHEERS"~

    ~♥~ "Love, Hope, Peace, Joy, Laugh, Sing, Give, Live & Let Live" ~♥~
    ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~
    Unfortunately I lost my 1st Willie Vape Pen in the ER, blushing, just my luck, lol... But Went & Bought Another Willie's Vape Pen & Some Medicinal Harlequin, as they did not have the Charlotte's Web, Plus a gram of Indica for some well needed beautyrest, lol... Then a gram of Sativa in hopes that I can stay awake during the day with the chronic fatigue, as with the GERD I'm not allowed to lay down, but I'm fIgHtInG with all I can to make all work in the most positive ways as possible, just like far to many others in this fast paced world we all reside in...
    ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~ ~♥~

  47. J.... V....

    Descanse em paz Steve Dillon.

  48. n.... ....

    Without all thesw tv shows and movies "bringing" your non-music listening asses, you wouldnt know shit. But youre probably just here to announce what stupid show you heard it on more than youre here to actually listen. Fuckin slags all of you

  49. J.... G....

    He recorded this album to be the soundtrack of the movie "Red Headed Stranger" in 1975. However, the movie didn't come out until 1985!

  50. J.... C....

    i just babel..u figure it out. GOTCHA..muah.

  51. P.... G....

    It was the time of the preacher
    When the story began
    With the choice of a lady
    and the love of a man

    How he loved her so dearly
    he went out of his mind
    When she left him for someone
    she'd left behind

    He cried like a baby
    He screamed like a panther in the middle of the night
    And he saddled his pony
    and went for a ride

    It was the time of the preacher
    in the year of 01
    Now the preachin' is over
    and the lesson's begun

  52. a.... p....

    this and Tougher than Leather , best albums ever!

  53. S.... C....

    I met Willie at the Old Saloon in Pray, MT. It was the first time I was impressed by a Texan.

    S.... C....

    Sunny Carr People are so jealous of Texans! If we didn’t understand it, it would make us sick

  54. D.... C....

    I'm disappointed that it isn't like the original album

  55. F.... S....

    PEOPLE WHO ARE READING OR ALREADY READ PREACHER, we should all get to know each other. Otherwise we would be missing a huge chance to make friends haha

    F.... S....

    Bob Glover Freddy Allen Sexual Investigators

  56. E.... N....

    So now you are 18 chris. What have u learned? Keep listening.

  57. D.... L....

    Heard this song for the first time in BBC mini series " Edge of darknes " with Bob Peck........It 's a really scary thought......what hell is............in this nuclear world.

  58. b.... M....

    Ronnie Craven and Darius Jedburgh's discussion brought me here.

  59. o.... l....

    I'm the middleman because I love preacher AND edge of darkness

  60. G.... T....

    Reading "Preacher #1"... :)

  61. S.... B....

    Who here were ordered by the preacher to come here????

  62. J.... ....

    Fuck Communism

  63. S.... C....

    lyrics:

    It was a time of the preacher
    When the story began
    Of the choice of a lady
    And the love of a man
    How he loved her so dearly
    He went out of his mind
    When she left him for someone
    That she'd left behind
    And he cried like a baby
    And he screamed like a panther
    In the middle of the night
    And he saddled his pony
    And he went for a ride
    It was a time of the preacher
    In the year of O-one
    Now the preachin' is over
    And the lesson's begun

  64. B.... C....

    coach landry said...

  65. J.... ....

    Cant wait for season 2!

  66. �.... �....

    hold my head

  67. F.... S....

    Alguién en español que haya leído Preacher, por favor. Seas quién seas, TE NECESITO. Jajajaja...

    F.... S....

    <------

    F.... S....

    +Cristian Sánchez wow no leí esto antes... muy mala mía.
    Aunque ahora ya manejo muy bien el inglés jaja

    F.... S....

    Facu Simonetti jaja tranquilo!

  68. S.... W....

    the live action serie is bullshit the comic is better

  69. S.... M....

    Pachelbel's canon in D Minor???????

  70. S.... D....

    I got into this song after watching Edge of Darkness, the BBC TV series, not the Hollywood remake, with Mel in it, mind you that wasn't bad, but this really is something else.....

  71. S.... J....

    It was the time of the preacher, in the year 01, now the preachin is ova, an da lessons begun

  72. P.... ....

    Well, you look like shit, but that's becoming more and more regular - Tulip.

  73. O.... ....

    The only acceptable reason to be here is 'cause Darius Jedburgh told you to.

    O.... ....

    Edge of darknes, golf and other shit 😂

    O.... ....

    +janne vain ONLY reason

    O.... ....

    thats the problem with plutonium it has limited uses

    O.... ....

    You've got problems. Right here in river city

  74. I.... A....

    there was a time of a boy who walks the earth with a face like an arsehole

  75. a.... ....

    TV series "Preacher" episode 10 brings me here... greetings from Malaysia!

    a.... ....

    episode 1

  76. G.... G....

    preacher <3

  77. L.... L....

    Shit - Herr Starr

    L.... L....

    Great quote by him yea

  78. S.... V....

    or are you gonna let me burn too...

  79. a.... w....

    Texas is as good a place as any

    a.... w....

    And a better place than most.

    a.... w....

    It's cool, but I miss the east coast 😩

  80. T.... M....

    Arseface is handsome

    T.... M....

    hell yeah

    T.... M....

    Hes the reason im startin wit readin tht comic

  81. A.... N....

    Jaysus! What kind of a preacher are you?!

    A.... N....

    The lousy one :D

  82. R.... J....

    Edge Of Darkness...

  83. U.... O....

    Jesus what kind of a preacher are you

    U.... O....

    A bad one

    U.... O....

    fuck off

    U.... O....

    "The lousy kind"

    "I'm sorry but I've seen the lousy kind. As long as you're not walking around with a little kiddie's arsehole around your finger like a bloody wedding ring, I'd say you're ahead of the game"

    U.... O....

    According to Darius Jedberg The Time of the Preacher is the time of the gun. The preacher signifies a gun.
    In the year of 01
    And just when you think it's all over it's only begun.

    See edge of darkness part 2 about 36 minutes in.

  84. R.... ....

    How can I find more songs like this? What's the genre of this song?

    R.... ....

    I think that is country

  85. L.... G....

    whats up with the eye patch, Jesse?

    L.... G....

    He lost it while Preaching, as he told Space.

    L.... G....

    God bit it out

  86. M.... P....

    Preacher <3 melhor HQ que se tornara a melhor serie :3

  87. F.... O....

    reading Preacher comic...

    F.... O....

    I'll read 'em too xD its difficult for european readers like me, a lot of slang and phrases but i think i'll make it! Cant wait to see who the fuck that arseface is

    F.... O....

    'Like I said, kind of a Preacher' hehe, great comic!

    F.... O....

    it was awesome.

    F.... O....

    Fabricio Oberto yep

  88. E.... A....

    Open your ass and holes for Jesus

    E.... A....

    😂😂😂😂 remember that one vividly...

    E.... A....

    loved it

    E.... A....

    Enzo Aguiar
    Jesse: "What's hell like?"
    Eugene: "crowded"

  89. K.... ....

    preacherden gelenler ? :D

    K.... ....

    Das strudel nazi man

  90. D.... W....

    "You know it's a sin just to ask me that...."

    D.... W....

    violence... makes violence...

    D.... W....

    "Repent for he is cumming" made me lol so hard, i didn't even pay attention. At the end of the episode.

    D.... W....

    Makes nothing much at all!

    D.... W....

    Digital West i

  91. A.... ....

    Preacher - TV Series

    A.... ....

    +Henrique Monteiro BTW the preacher of the tv series also rocks.

    A.... ....

    +Flavio Diaz what i'm saying is that this song is "played" in the First Issue of the Preacher comic, is not exclusive on the Series, and people who haven't read the comics doesn't know that.

    A.... ....

    more fun?

    A.... ....

    Tv série is cool ^^

    A.... ....

    They say comics is way better. As always :D

  92. b.... ....

    Rebekah♥

  93. J.... ....

    DC Comics - The Preacher ! ! ! ! ! - konečně jsme se Kazatele dočkali

  94. F.... D....

    Muito contagiante,foda.foda!

  95. b.... ....

    Jesse and Tulip until the end of the world

    b.... ....

    +binayasha" Until the end of the world " :,)

  96. M.... R....

    Tuve que escuchar esto para ambientarme en la novela de The Preacher lel :v

  97. Q.... M....

    Gooooooooooddd