Preacher Got Pulled Over Too (Unreleased)

ABOUT THIS SONG

Public service announcement to "Slow It Down on 69"

It's Sunday morning, you're running late for church, and the blue lights come on behind you. Then it gets worse: the Chief wasn't even working a speed trap. He was just headed to service in his unmarked truck. Before you can talk your way out of it, a blue sedan comes flying past, and it's your preacher.

The Preacher Got Pulled Over Too is a comedic country story song in the tradition of 90s small-town storytelling. It's driven by chicken-pickin Telecaster, B3 organ, fiddle kicks, and a midtempo shuffle built for singing along. Two good men with a lead-foot sin end up side by side on the shoulder of Highway 69. A preacher's wife sees everything. And the offering plate comes back holding something nobody expected.

LYRICS

Sunday mornin, runnin late
Shirt half tucked, doin seventy-eight
Chief don't run traps on sixty-nine
But his unmarked truck was right behind
I said, "Chief, I'm late for church"
He said, "Speedin ain't how prayer works"
Then he said, "Who's your preacher? I might know"
I said, "He's a saint of a man, drives real slow"

Then a blue sedan went flyin past
Chief waved him down, I tried not to laugh
Preacher stepped out, Bible held tight
Said, "Shane, I'm bringin folks the light"
Chief said, "Brother, mine's red and blue
And it's shinin bright on both of you"
Preacher whispered, "Son, don't tell a soul"
Then his wife drove by and slowed her roll

The preacher got pulled over too
Side by side in them red and blues
Forty years of preachin "slow it down"
Now he's sweatin in his Sunday shoes
Two good men with a lead-foot sin
Late for the Lord and the openin hymn
Chief, forgave us like the Good Lord do
The preacher got pulled over too

We slid in quiet on the second hymn
His wife said, "Boys, now where you been?"
He said, "We stopped to visit with Shane"
She said, "I waved at y'all in the breakdown lane"
Preacher stood up, cleared his throat
Unfolded his sermon, checked his notes
"Today we're learnin to obey the signs"
She said, "Like the ones on sixty-nine?"

The preacher got pulled over too
Side by side in them red and blues
Forty years of preachin "slow it down"
Now he's sweatin in his Sunday shoes
Two good men with a lead-foot sin
Late for the Lord and the openin hymn
Chief, forgave us like the Good Lord do
The preacher got pulled over too

Then Chief walked in and took a pew
Preacher said, "Shane, you're runnin late too"
Chief said, "Had some writin left to do"
Then the plate came back with tickets for two

Well-a the preacher

The preacher got pulled over too
(Oh, he got pulled over)
Side by side in them red and blues
(Red and blue, Lord, red and blue)
Forty years of preachin "slow it down"
(Slow it down, slow it down)
Now he's sweatin in his Sunday shoes
(Sunday shoes, Sunday shoes)

Two good men with a lead-foot sin
(Lead-foot sin, have mercy)
Late for the Lord and the openin hymn
(Openin hymn, openin hymn)
Chief passed the plate with tickets for two
(Tickets for two, Lord, tickets for two)

The preacher
Got pulled over too
(Pulled over too)

So slow it down

Slow it down
(Slow it down)
And obey the law
(Obey the law)
'Cause the Chief don't care whose name you call
(Whose name you call)

Even the preacher got pulled over too
(Pulled over too)
Yes he did
(Yes he did)

Amen

CREDITS

Written & Performed by Chad Sanders
Produced by Chad Sanders
Recording, Engineering, Mixing & Mastering by Chad Sanders
Guitars, Keyboards & Programming by Chad Sanders
Fender Telecaster • Korg • Yamaha
Ableton Live • ACID Pro • SOUND FORGE

ABOUT "PREACHER GOT PULLED OVER TOO (UNRELEASED)"

"Preacher Got Pulled Over Too (Unreleased)" is an original funny country song written and recorded by Chad Sanders, an independent country music artist and songwriter from Alabama.

Public service announcement to "Slow It Down on 69" It's Sunday morning, you're running late for church, and the blue lights come on behind you. Then it gets worse: the Chief wasn't even working a speed trap. He was just headed to service in his unmarked truck. Before you can talk your way out of it, a blue sedan comes flying past, and it's your preacher. The Preacher Got Pulled Over Too is a comedic country story song in the tradition of 90s small-town storytelling. It's driven by chicken-pickin Telecaster, B3 organ, fiddle kicks, and a midtempo shuffle built for singing along. Two good men with a lead-foot sin end up side by side on the shoulder of Highway 69. A preacher's wife sees everything. And the offering plate comes back holding something nobody expected.

Fans of small-town country and country family song will find something real in this track, the kind of honest storytelling Chad Sanders is known for across his original catalog.

Chad Sanders writes and records from the perspective of someone rooted in North Alabama, North Alabama specifically, in the heart of Marshall County. His music reflects life as it actually is in small-town America, not as it's packaged for radio.

Released in October 2026, "Preacher Got Pulled Over Too (Unreleased)" is available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. Preview it here at ChadSandersOfficial.com before you stream.