wait in the truck

I got turned around in some little town

I'd never been to before

Workin' my way through a middle of June

Midnight thunderstorm

There was somethin' in the headlights

That stopped me on a dime

Well, she was scared to death

So I said, "Climb in," and in she climbed, oh, yeah

Well, she was bruised and broke from head to toe

With a tear in her blood-stained shirt

She didn't tell the whole truth 'cause 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 hellbent to find the man behind

All the whiskey scars I hid

I never thought my day of justice

Would come from a judge under his 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-wide door

I let the hammer drop before he got

To that twelve he was reachin' for

I didn't try to hide my pistol

I didn't even try to run

I just sat on the porch, smokin' 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 hellbent to find the man behind

All the whiskey scars I hid

I never thought my day of justice

Would come from a judge under his 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"

Whoa (Oh)

Have mercy on me, Lord

Have mercy on me

Have mercy on me, Lord (Oh)

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) "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck"

(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck"

(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) Have mercy on me, Lord, have mercy on me

(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) Have mercy on me, Lord, have mercy on me

(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck"

(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me) "Wait in the truck, just wait in the truck"