Riley Green Performs "Jesus Saves" | CMT Studio Sessions

["JESUS SAVES" PLAYING] (SINGING) There was a man I used to pass On my way into town He was covered in dirt like the world had beat him down And I often wondered how he ended up like that So one day drivin' home, I pulled over to ask I said, man, where'd it all go wrong? He said, son, do you really want to know? My daddy left for another woman, moved off to LA My mama fought hard against that cancer But she died when I was eight I finished school. My country shipped me off to war When I came home, my whole world didn't love me anymore It's hard to see all that when you're driving by. So I just wrote down "Jesus Saves" 'Cause there ain't no way to fit that on a sign Ain't no way to fit that on a sign Took him to a diner Bought him a cup of coffee He asked me if he could bum a couple dollars off me He told me his story, I told mine He said thanks because most folks around here would never take the time He said I lost my job down at the mill when that factory closed The army stopped sending me them checks The bank took everything I owned Hitchhiked my way up to Chicago The nights were too damn cold I hopped a train and headed west 'Cause I had nowhere else to go It's hard to see all that driving by So I just wrote down "Jesus Saves" 'Cause there ain't no way to fit that on a sign Ain't no way to fit that on a sign I probably would have wrote down a little more If I could have found a bigger piece of cardboard My brother Walter was my hero And he was bad to drink One night he laid his Harley down along that Ohio River bank Me and my ex-wife tried for kids when we were dating Hell, we even had baby names picked out Little Walter didn't make it It's hard to see all that driving by So I just wrote down "Jesus Saves" because there ain't no way to fit that on a sign You can't fit all that on a sign.

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