Believe

Old man Wrigley lived in that white house

Down the street where I grew up

My momma used to send me over with things

We struck a friendship up

I spent a few long summers, hmm

Out on his old porch swing

Said, he was in the war when in the navy

Lost his wife, lost his baby

I broke down and asked him one time

"How ya 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 and 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"

Few years later I was off at college

Talkin' on the phone to my mom one night

Getting all caught up on the gossip

Of the small town life

She said, "Oh, by the way, child, old man Wrigley has died"

Later on that night, I laid there thinkin' back

I thought about a couple of long-lost summers

I didn't know whether to cry or laugh

Is if there was ever anybody who deserved a ticket to the other side

It'd be that sweet old man who looked me in the eyes and 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 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

And no, this can't be

No, it can't be

This can't be all there is

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

And oh, I believe

Oh, I

Lord, I

Oh, I

Lord, I still believe

Ohh, with all that I pray for

I still believe

Yes, I do

I believe, yeah

Lord, I, Lord, I

Oh, I

I still believe