wait in the truck (Live from Red Rocks)

I got turned around in some little town

I'd never been to before

Working my way through a middle of June

Midnight thunderstorm

There was something in the headlights

It stopped me on a dime

She was scared to death

So I said climb in, and in she climbed, oh

She was bruised and broke from head to toe

With a tear in her blood-stained shirt

She didn't tell the whole truth, but she didn't have to

I knew what had happened to her

So, 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 I asked her where he was

Go!

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 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

Yes, I did

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"

Have mercy on me, Lord

Have mercy on me, yeah

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 that piece of shit to, oh

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

Oh, have mercy on me, Lord

Have mercy on me

Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me

Have mercy on me, Lord

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