Levi’s And Bibles is a song written by Mike Peters which first appeared as a studio recording on the Breathe album released in October 1994. This song was a regular part of the live set when the Poets of Justice started playing live in July 1992.
1994 Breathe album recording
Running length
Written by Mike Peters
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters –
Field Marshall Slug –
Jules Jones Peters –
Owen Thomas –
Brychan Llŷr –
Emyr Penlan –
John Williams –
Recorded at Sain Studios, Caernarfon, Wales
Produced by Michael Peters
Mixed by Risteard O’Moanaigh and Field Marshall Slug
Engineered by Gethyn Jones
Mastered by Nilesh Patel at The Exchange
Alternative studio recordings
1994 Breathe The Acoustic Sessions
(v) Summer 1994 : Mike Peters – Breathe The Acoustic Session
Running length 4:33
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Field Marshall Slug – Classical Guitar
Owen Thomas – Percussion
Jules Jones – Backing Vocals
Produced by Michael Peters
Recorded in Wales Summer 1994
Appears on the album Mike Peters – Breathe The Acoustic Sessions
Album appearances and discography of studio recordings
The following are Worldwide releases except where stated
10th October 1994 : Mike Peters – Breathe
Released on double vinyl album by CRAI records catalogue number CRAI 47LP
Released on CD album by CRAI records catalogue number CRAI 47CD
Original 1994 album recording
(v) 1995 : Mike Peters – Breathe The Acoustic Sessions
Released on CD by the Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C001
Summer 1994 Wales acoustic recording
Lyrics ~ Breathe
Lyrics ~ Breathe The Acoustic Sessions version
Blowin’ down a highway in a Cadillac
Yellow rose of Texas on a radio band
I don’t know where I’m going
Or when I’m coming back
I heard about a promise
In these hard heartlands
There’s a lonely hotel in the distance
A tumbleweed shotgun shack
I’m just another lonely rider
On the road to hell and back
Levi’s and bibles
Scattered across this land
Scarecrows and crosses
Of promises that turn to dust in my hand
Levi’s and bibles
Scattered by a dust storm across a river bed
I’m walking in the shadows
Of my father’s footsteps
For every crooked dollar a single honest cent
It’s hard to be a saint in this world my friend
As the miles stretch out before me
There’s another town up ahead
I’ve got my foot down hard to the metal
And I’m driving straight to hell
Levi’s and bibles
Scattered across this land
Scarecrows and crosses
Of promises that turn to dust in my hand
Levi’s and bibles
Stand on it, stand on it and drive
Stand on it, stand on it and drive
Levi’s and bibles
Scattered across this land
Scarecrows and crosses
In a hard heartland
Levi’s and bibles
Scattered across this land
Scarecrows and crosses
Of promises that turn to dust in my hand
Levi’s and bibles
Stand on it, stand on it and drive
Stand on it, stand on it and drive
(Page updated 18/11/2025)