Well I see him on the TV

Preaching about the promised land

he tells me believe in Jesus

steals the money from my hands

some say he was a good man

Lord I think he sinned.... yeah

Twenty two years of mental tears

cries a suicidal Vietnam vet

Who fought a losing war

on a foreign shore

to find his country didn’t want him back

their bullet took his best friend in Saigon

our lawyers took his wife n kids no regrets

In a time I don’t remember

in a war he cant forget

he cried “forgive me for what I done there

Cause I never meant the things I did”

and give me something to believe in

if there’s a lord above

and give me something to believe in

oh, lord arise

My best friend died a lonely man

in some Palm Springs hotel room

I got the call last Christmas Eve

and they told me the news

I tried all night not to break down n cry

as the tears rolled down my face

I felt so cold n empty

like a lost soul out of place

and a Mirror mirror on the wall

sees my smile it fades again

and give me something to believe in( I give me something to believe in)

if there’s lord above

and give me something to believe in ( I give me something to believe in)

Oh, lord arise

Sometimes I wish to God I didn’t know now

things I did know then,

Road you gotta take me home

solo

I drive by the homeless

sleepin’ on a cold dark street

like bodies in a open grave

underneath the broken old neon sign

used to read “Jesus saves”

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