A FARMER
AND A TEACHER
A HOOKER
AND A PREACHER
RIDING ON
A MIDNIGHT BUS
BOUND FROM MEXICO
ONE WAS HEADED FOR
VACATION
ONE FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION
AND TWO OF THEM
WERE SEARCHING
FOR LOST SOULS
THAT DRIVER
NEVER EVER SAW
THE STOP SIGN
AND EIGHTEEN
WHEELERS
CAN'T STOP ON A DIME
THERE ARE
THREE WOODEN CROSSES
ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY
WHY THERE'S NOT
FOUR OF THEM
HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS
I GUESS IT'S
NOT WHAT YOU TAKE
WHEN YOU LEAVE
THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU
IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE
BEHIND YOU
WHEN YOU GO
THAT FARMER
LEFT A HARVEST
A HOME AND EIGHTY ACRES
THE FAITH AND LOVE
FOR GROWING THINGS
IN HIS YOUNG SON'S
HEART
AND THAT TEACHER
LEFT HER WISDOM
IN THE MINDS
OF LOTS OF CHILDREN
AND DID HER BEST
TO GIVE 'EM ALL
A BETTER START
AND THAT PREACHER
WHISPERED
CAN'T YOU SEE
THE PROMISED LAND
AS HE LAID
HIS BLOOD STAINED BIBLE
IN THAT HOOKER'S HANDS
THERE ARE
THREE WOODEN CROSSES
ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY
WHY THERE'S NOT
FOUR OF THEM
HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS
I GUESS IT'S
NOT WHAT YOU TAKE
WHEN YOU LEAVE
THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU
IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE
BEHIND YOU
WHEN YOU GO
THAT'S THE STORY
THAT OUR PREACHER TOLD
LAST SUNDAY
AS HE HELD
THAT BLOOD STAINED
BIBLE UP
FOR ALL OF US TO SEE
HE SAID
BLESS THE FARMER
AND THE TEACHER
AND THE PREACHER
WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE
TO MY MAMA
WHO READ IT TO ME
THERE ARE
THREE WOODEN CROSSES
ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY
WHY THERE'S NOT
FOUR OF THEM
NOW I GUESS WE KNOW
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU TAKE
WHEN YOU LEAVE
THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU
IT'S WHAT YOU LEAVE
BEHIND YOU
WHEN YOU GO
THERE ARE
THREE WOODEN CROSSES
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
THE HIGHWAY