Believe (with Jelly Roll)

Old man Wrigley lived in that white house

Down the street where I grew up

Mama used to send me over with things

We struck a friendship up

I spent a few long summers

Out on his old porch swing

He said he was in the war, went in the navy

Lost his wife, and lost his baby

I broke down and asked him one time, I said

"How you keep from goin' crazy?"

He said, "I'll see my wife and son in just a little while"

I asked him what he meant

He looked at me and smiled

He said, "I raise my hands

I bow my head

I'm findin' more and more truth

At the words written in red

They tell me that there's more to life

Than just what I can see

Oh, I believe"

Oh

A few years later I was off at college

Talkin' to Mom on the phone one night (Phone one night)

Gettin' all caught up on the gossip

The ins and outs of the small-town life

She said, "Oh, by the way, son"

Old man Wrigley had died

Later on that night

I laid there thinkin' back

Thought about a couple long-lost summers

I didn't know whether to cry or laugh

If there was ever anybody

Deserved a ticket to the other side (The other side)

It'd be that sweet old man

Who looked me in the eyes

He said, "I raise my hands (Raise my hands)

Bow my head (Bow my head)

I'm findin' more and more truth

In the words written in red

They tell me that there's more to life

Than just what I can see"

I can't quote the good book

Don't know the chapter or the verse

But you can't tell me this all ends

In a slow ride in a hearse

You know I'm more and more convinced

The longer that I live

This can't be, no, this can't be (No, this can't be, this can't be)

This can't be all there is

Oh, I raise my hands (Oh, I raise my hands)

I bow my head (Bow my head)

I'm findin' more and more truth (I'm findin' more truth)

In the words written in red (The words written in red)

They tell me that there's more to life (There's more to life)

Than just what I can see

Oh, I believe (Oh, I)

Oh, I believe

I believe (I believe)

I believe (I believe)

Oh, I believe (I believe)

Oh, I believe

I believe (I believe)

Oh, I believe