Well I see him on the TV

Preaching about the promised land

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 losing war

on a foreign shore

to find his country didn’t want him back

their bullet took his best friend in Saigon

our lawyers took his wife n kids no regrets

In a time I don’t remember

in a war he cant forget

he cried “forgive me for what I done there

Cause I never meant the things I did”



Chorus

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 n cry

as the tears rolled down my face

I felt so cold n empty

like a lost soul out of place

and a Mirror mirror on the wall

sees my smile it fades again



Chorus

and give me something to believe in( I give me something to believe in)

if there’s lord above

and give me something to believe in ( I give me something to believe in)

Oh, lord arise



Sometimes I wish to God I didn’t know now

things I did know then,

Road you gotta take me home



solo



I drive by the homeless

sleepin’ on a cold dark street

like bodies in a open grave

underneath the broken old neon sign

used to read “Jesus saves”

A mile away way live the rich folk

and I see how they’re livin’ it up

but while the poor they eat from hand to mouth

the rich are drinkin’ from a golden cup

and it just makes me wonder

how so many lose and so few win



Ha give me something to believe in

give me something to believe in

I said the lord above

give me something to believe in

oh lord arise

give me something to believe in

you take the high road

give me something to believe in

and I’ll take the low road

give me something to believe in

you take the high road

and give me something to believe in

and I’ll take the low road



there’s some times I wish I didn’t know now

things I did know then



and give me something to believe in