Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised
land
He tells me to believe in Jesus

And steals the money from my hand
Some say he was a good man
But Lord I think he sinned, yeah


Twenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet

Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn't want him back


Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget

He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there
Cause I never meant the things I did"


CHORUS
And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord
above

And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise

My best friend died a lonely man

In some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve
And they told me the news


I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face

I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place
And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it

fades again

CHORUS


Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then road you gotta take me

home

I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street

Like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign
That used to read JESUS SAVES


A mile away live the rich folks
And I see how they're living it up

While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup


And it just makes me wonder why so many lose, so few
win


CHORUS

You take the high road and I'll take the low road

Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then
And give me something to believe in