Jesus Saves (Apple Music Sessions)

There was man I used to pass on my way into town

He was covered in dirt like the world had beat him down

And I often wondered how he ended up like that

So, one day driving home I pulled over to ask

I said, "Man, where'd it all go wrong?"

He said, "Son, do you really wanna know?"

My daddy left for another woman, moved off to L.A.

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 wrote down, "Jesus saves"

'Cause there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign

Ain't no way to fit that on a sign

Took him to a diner, 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 could 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 own

Hitch-hiked 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 wrote down, "Jesus saves"

'Cause there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign

Ain't no way to fit that on a sign

Probably would've wrote down a little more

If I could've 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 'long that Ohio riverbank

Me and my ex-wife tried for kids when we were dating

Hell, we even had baby names picked out, little Walter didn't make it

It's hard to see all that driving by

So, I just wrote down, "Jesus saves"

'Cause there ain't no way to fit that on a sign

You can't fit all that on a sign