I remember back in Sunday School

Those blue-haired ladies and their Golden Rule,

But they're only a faceless memory.

But they gave me a present that was truly fine,

A big-letter version of the Word Divine

With fold-out pictures and a gen-u-ine leather-like smell.

 BRIDGE 1

Well I couldn't read it, but Mama could.

Those big-letter words, they made me feel so good.

But way down deeper in the second part

Sat the red-letter words that would melt my heart.

Yeah, Girls love pink, and boys like blue,

But red is the color for this red-necked fool.

The word of God, just like He bled

I fell in love

Oh, I fell in love

Yes, I fell in love with the letters in red.

Off to college just the other day.

I packed my suitcase for a 4-year stay.

And said good-bye, and drifted for the door.

But then Mom comes a flyin' like a two-tailed kite.

With a box full of love to help me sleep at night.

Old fam'ly photos and some cookies to carry me home.

 BRIDGE 1

And as I entered a stranger's room,

He said Mama's cookies, they were like perfume.

But homemade cookies hid the secret part

That ol' red-letter Bible that would paint his heart.

Now, boys chase pink, and girls love blue,

But red's still the color for this red-necked fool.

The word of God, just like He bled

I fell in love

Oh, I fell in love

Yes, I fell in love with the letters in red.

Dog-eared, tear-stained,

Ink-smeared, binder strained,

Pages ripping apart.

Margin overflow,

Love notes in a row.

Red ink spillin' all over my heart.

Girls love pink, and boys like blue,

But red is the color for this red-necked fool.

The word of God, just like He bled

I fell in love

Yes, I fell in love

How, I fell in love with the letters in red.