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There was a man I used to pass on my way into town ♪
♪ He was covered in dirt like the world had beat him down ♪
♪ I often wondered how he ended up like that ♪
♪ So one day driving home,
I pulled over to ask ♪
♪ I said, man, where did it all go wrong?
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♪ He said, son, do you really want to know?
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My daddy left for another woman,
moved off to L.A.
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♪ My mama fought hard against that cancer,
she died when I was eight ♪
♪ I finished school,
my country shipped me off to war ♪
♪ When I came home,
my whole world didn't love me anymore ♪
♪ It's hard to see all that when you're driving by ♪
♪ So I just write down Jesus saves,
cause there ain't no way I could fit that on a sign ♪
♪ I can't fit that on a sign ♪
♪ I took him to a diner,
I bought him a cup of coffee ♪
♪ He asked me if he could bum a couple dollars off me ♪
♪ He told me his story, I told mine ♪
♪ He said thanks,
cause most folks around here would never take the time ♪
♪ He said,
I lost my job down at the mill when that factory closed ♪
♪ Army stopped sending me them checks,
the bank took everything I owned ♪
♪ Hitchhiked my way up to Chicago,
the nights were too damn cold ♪
♪ I hopped a train headed west,
cause I had nowhere else to go ♪
♪ It's hard to see all that driving by ♪
♪ So I just write down Jesus saves,
cause there ain't no way I could fit that on a sign ♪
♪ There ain't no way to fit that on a sign ♪
♪ I probably would have wrote down a little more,
if I could have found a bigger piece of cardboard ♪
♪ My brother Walter was my hero,
but he was bad to drink ♪
♪ One night he laid his Harley down near that Ohio river bank ♪
♪ Me and my ex-wife tried for kids and we were dating ♪
♪ Yeah we even had baby names picked out,
but little Walter didn't make it ♪
♪ It's hard to see all that driving by,
so I just write down Jesus saves,
cause there ain't no way I could fit that on a sign ♪
♪ Can't fit all that on a sign ♪