Driving two hours west of Memphis
same song and dance for two hundred miles
When some station bled in with some sister testifying
About sin, heroin and redemption on my FM dial
The choir started singing Rock of Ages, I almost changed it
But today's country music gives me fits
And that's was all there was
so I said God you're in luck
and I turned it up just a little bit
Then some deep thick drawl started talking
A southern preacher has a certain thunder in his voice
Bible belt fact or fiction he spoke with conviction, grabbed my attention
Said listen tonight we have a choice, tonight you have a choice
He said I know, I once was a cynic
I even spent some time in the clink I get it
Life feels too realistic for some Jew named Jesus to fix it
Brother we're all natural born cynics, ain't no natural born Christians, it's alright
First time anybody ever said It was alright that I didn't get it
He went on and on and on about grace for a town or two
Said things I never heard on my momma's pew
Sticks and stones can break your bones
But brother all your do's and don't's won't save your soul
No only God alone can save your soul
He made God a two syllable word
Kept seeing ole Jimmy Swaggert crying
Guess prostitutes in the pulpit don't preach
He said dress it down in drug addiction
Dress it up in religion
We're all needin' redemption
We're all needin' Jesus, c'mon
Halfway into Hope, Arkansas
Station running out of spark
A territory war between God and the world
And the devil plays a mean steel guitar, a mean steel guitar, a mean steel guitar
Signal faded at the state line
The last thing that got through
Is you can't be saved unless you know you're lost
So let this be a warning to you, a love letter to you
Then Kaliga by Charlie Pride came on and I laughed
driving somewhere between my past and my future
Face soaked in my rear view, I drove on changed at 32