True Believer

Take your hand off my knee, take your foot off my neck

Why y'all examinin' me like I'm a murder suspect?

If I got a little loose, I just forgot to be afraid

But I started out a true believer, babe

A lot of dangerous memories, a lot of bars in this town

But oh, to have loved and lost and then still stuck around

But I heard God in the Ryman, I crawled out of the grave

And I guess I'm still a true believer, babe

And all your girlfriends say I broke your fuckin' heart, and I don't like it

There's a letter on the nightstand I don't think I'll ever read

Well, I finally found a match, and you kept daring me to strike it

And now I have to let it burn to let it be

I can't remember my dreams, I guess it could be the meds

But the sound of you screamin' won't get out of my head

And I still remember the fever 'fore it started to fade

I really was a true believer, babe

And all your girlfriends say I broke your fuckin' heart, and I don't like it

There's a letter on the nightstand I don't think I'll ever read

Well, I finally found a match, and you kept daring me to strike it

And now I have to let it burn to let it be

Like the stain on your teeth, I'm as stubborn as wine

Just when you think that I'm beaten, I get up every time

So when we pass on the highway, I'll smile and I'll wave

And I'll always be a true believer, babe

I'll always be a true believer, babe

I'll always be a true believer, babe