I got turned around in some little town I'd never been to before
Working my way through the middle of June,
midnight thunderstorm
There was something in the headlights that stopped me on a dime
She was scared to death,
so I said climb in and she climbed
Oh yeah
She was bruised and broke from head to
toe with a tear in her bloodstained shirt
She didn't tell the whole truth,
but she didn't have to,
I knew what had happened to her
I didn't load her down with questions,
that girl had been through enough
I just threw it in,
drive looked in those eyes and asked her where he was
I don't know if he's an angel,
cause angels don't do what he did
He was helping to find a man behind all the whiskey scars I had
I never thought my day of justice
would come from a judge under a seat
But I knew right then I'd never get hit again when he said to me
Wait in the truck,
just wait in the truck
Well I knocked and knocked and no one came
So I kicked in his double-eyed door I
let the hammer drop before he got to that
twelve he was reaching for I didn't try to hide my pistol
I didn't even try to run I just sat on the porch smoking
one of his cigarettes and waited for the cops to come
I don't know if he's an angel,
cause angels don't do what he did He was helping
to find a man behind all the whiskey scars I had
I never thought my day of justice
would come from a judge under a seat
But I knew right then I'd never get hit again when he said to me
Wait in the truck,
just wait in the truck
Oh,
have mercy on me Lord, have mercy on me
Have mercy on me Lord
It's been sixty months and she still
comes to see me from time to time
It was worth the price to see a brighter
side of the girl I picked up that night
And I might be here forever
It ain't paradise that's true
But it's a whole hell of a lot better
Than the place I sent him to
Yeah
Have mercy have mercy have mercy on me
Have mercy on me Lord, have mercy on me
Just wait in the truck
Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me
Wait in the truck
Lord,
have mercy on me
Just wait in the truck
Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
Wait in the truck
Wait in the truck
Wait in the truck
Wait in the truck Have mercy,
have mercy,
have mercy on me
Wait in the truck Just wait in the truck