The only Bible that my daddy owned lay beside his bed
Was an heirloom handed down across a hundred yesterdays
I never heard him read it much but I knew it had been read
For the pages of the life he lived said more than words could say

They said, son, love your brother more than you love yourself
Forgive as you would like to be forgiven
Make your life an example for everyone to see
Cause you might be the only Bible another man ever reads

The only Bible that my daddy owned now lays beside my bed
A reminder of his legacy, for he lived what he believed
Today I am a thankful man for the kind of life he led
For though he's gone he still lives on when his memory talks to me

Saying, son, love your brother more than you love yourself
Forgive as you would like to be forgiven
Make your life an example for everyone to see
Cause you might be the only Bible another man ever reads

And when my boy becomes a man I hope that he will see
The kind of life my father lived, speaking truth through me

Saying, son, love your brother more than you love yourself
Forgive as you would like to be forgiven
Make your life an example for everyone to see
Cause you might be the only Bible another man ever reads

You might be the only Bible another man ever reads