Well I see him on the TV

Preachin' 'bout the promised land

He tells me to believe in Jesus

And steals the money from my hand

Some say he was a good man

But 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 bullets took his best friend in Saigon

Our lawyers took his wife and kids, 

no regrets

In a time I don't remember

In a war he can't forget

He cried "Forgive me for 

what I've done there

Cause I never meant the things I did"



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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 and cry

As the tears rolled down my face

I felt so cold and empty

Like a lost soul out of place

And the mirror, mirror on the wall

Sees my smile it fades again



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Sometimes I wish to God 

I didn't know now

The things I didn't know then

Road you gotta take me home



I drive by the homeless sleeping on

a cold dark street

Like bodies in an open grave

Underneath the broken old neon sign

That used to read 

Jesus Saves

A mile away live the rich folks

And I see how they're living it up

While the poor they eat from hand to mouth

The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup

And it just makes me wonder

Why so many lose, so few win



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You take the high road

And I'll take the low road

Sometimes I wish to God 

I didn't know now

The things I didn't know then

And give me something to believe in