Something to Believe In

Well, I see him on the TV

Preachin' 'bout the promised lands

He tells me, "Believe in Jesus"

Steals the money from my hands

Some say he was a good man

Lord, I think he sinned, yeah

Twenty-two years of mental tears

Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet

Who fought a losin' war on a foreign shore

To find his country didn't want him back

Their bullets took his best friends in Saigon

Our lawyers took his wife, his kids, no regrets

In a time I don't remember

In a war he can't forget

He cried, "Forgive me for what I done there"

"'Cause I never meant the things I did"

And give me something to believe in

If there's a Lord above

And give me something to believe in

Oh, Lord, arise

My best friend died a lonely man

In some Palm Springs hotel room

I got the call last Christmas Eve

And they told me the news

I tried all night not to break down and cry

As the tears rolled down my face

I felt so cold and empty

Like a lost soul out of place

And the mirror, mirror on the wall

See my smile, it fades again

A-give me something to believe in

If there's a Lord above (Give me something to believe in)

A-give me something to believe in, yeah

Oh, Lord, arise (A-give me something to believe in)

Sometimes, I wish to God I didn't know now

Things I didn't know then

Road, you gotta take me home

I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold, dark street

Like bodies in an open grave

Underneath the broken old neon sign

That used to read "Jesus saves"

A mile away live the rich folk

And I see how they're livin' it up

While the poor, they eat from hand to mouth

The rich drinkin' from the golden cup

And it just makes me wonder

Why so many lose and so few win

Ha, give me something to believe in (A-give me something to believe in)

A-give me something to believe in

Says the Lord above (A-give me something to believe in)

A-give me something to believe in

Oh, Lord, arise (A-give me something to believe in)

A-give me something to believe in (Take the high road)

Oh, Lord, arise (A-give me something to believe in)

A-give me something to believe in (Take the high road)

If there's a Lord above (Give me something to believe in)

A-give me something to believe in (Take the high road)

If you're gonna take the low road (Give me something to believe in)

Yeah, sometimes I wish I didn't know now

Things I didn't know then

Yeah

And give me something to believe in, yeah, yeah