Believe

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

WE SPENT A FEW LONG

SUMMERS

OUT ON HIS OLD

PORCH SWING

SAID HE WAS IN

THE WAR

WENT IN THE NAVY

LOST HIS WIFE

LOST HIS BABY

BROKE DOWN

AND ASKED HIM

ONE TIME

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

SAID I RAISE MY HANDS

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

OH I BELIEVE

Mmm Mmm Mmm

A FEW YEARS LATER

I WAS OFF AT COLLEGE

TALKIN' TO MOM

ON THE 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

Mmm OLD MAN WRIGLEY

HAS 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

IT'D BE

THAT SWEET OLD MAN

WHO LOOKED ME

IN THE EYE

SAID I RAISE MY HANDS

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 BOOK

THE CHAPTER

OR THE VERSE

YOU CAN'T TELL ME

IT ALL ENDS

IN A SLOW RIDE

IN A HEARSE

YOU KNOW I'M MORE

AND MORE CONVINCED

THE LONGER THAT I LIVE

YEAH THIS CAN'T BE

NO THIS CAN'T BE

NO THIS CAN'T BE

ALL THERE IS

LORD I RAISE MY HANDS

BOW MY HEAD

WHOA I'M FINDIN' MORE

AND MORE TRUTH

IN THE WORDS

WRITTEN IN RED

THEY TELL ME

THAT THERE'S MORE

TO THIS

THAN JUST WHAT

I CAN SEE

I BELIEVE OH OH I I I

I BELIEVE

I BELIEVE

Hmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Hmm Mmm Mmm

I BELIEVE

I BELIEVE

WHOA OH OH

OH OH OH

I BELIEVE

Hmm Mmm Mmm

Hmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Hmm Mmm Mmm