Salvation Works

She's a woman on a mission

Always in the church

If you need a ride into town

Her offer is the first

Yeah, she thinks that if she's perfect

She can outrun all the hurt

But that ain't how salvation works

That steeple still needs painting

But they're out there cutting grass

There's a two-line Sunday sermon

She'll miss 'cause she drives too fast

And the message on the marquee

Reflected in the glass

Is "Every sinner has a future

And every saint has a past"

He's a man with a memory

That turned into a curse

He keeps every bottle empty

'Til he's numb down to the nerve

He thinks that forgiveness

Is reserved for souls like hers

But that ain't how salvation works

That steeple still needs painting

But they're out there cutting grass

There's a two-line Sunday sermon

She'll miss 'cause she drives too fast

And the message on the marquee

Reflected in the glass

Is "Every sinner has a future

And every saint has a past"

I can't quote the Bible

The chapter or the verse

And Heaven's just a promise

For those left here on Earth

But I believe that God loves us

More than we deserve

And I hope that's how

Yeah, I hope that's how

I hope that's how salvation works

Salvation works

Oh, I hope that's how

I hope that's how

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