Better Year

One, two, three, four If it's late, hear me callin' tonight But I ain't right there and you're wonderin' why I've made my way to the severed seas Where the sun burns hot and the wind does sing Days away from where I left There's heaven sent eyes in a pickup bed I'm tryin' harder to get on back But the tide's movin' in and God's pushin' the raft A thousand miles are on my feet And the body I hold ain't gettin' sleep Your sweet touch movin' closer to me Well, it ain't what I got, but it's what I need Hold on, my dear Because I'm fightin' like hell to face my fears Someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here And it'll burn like hell But it might as well be the last time you're in tears I'm bettin' on a better year I'm so far into so many things Lord, I pray someday I'll learn my ways I've seen hell and been through greed That's a part of me I hope you do not meet Waste my breath on things I hate Like an ongoing trap that'll never escape But I hope the words that I do sing Leave a mark on you like a wedding ring Hold on, my dear Because I'm fightin' like hell to face my fears Someday I'll tame the fires that brought me here And it'll burn like hell But it might as well be the last time you're in tears I'm bettin' on a better year I'm bettin' on a better year You know I dug my grave I was buried alive with my dying faith Your heart beats where I lay And through you, it seems I found my way My dear, you'll see one day All I've done's for heaven's sake