OLD MAN WRIGLEY LIVED
IN THAT WHITE HOUSE
DOWN THE STREET
WHERE I GREW UP
MAMA USED TO
SEND ME OVER
WITH THINGS
WE STRUCK
A FRIENDSHIP UP
I SPENT
A FEW LONG SUMMERS
OUT ON HIS
OLD PORCH SWING
SAID HE WAS IN THE WAR
WHEN IN THE NAVY
LOST HIS WIFE
LOST HIS BABY
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
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
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FEW YEARS LATER
I WAS OFF AT COLLEGE
TALKIN' TO MOM
ON THE PHONE
ONE NIGHT
GETTIN' ALL CAUGHT UP
ON THE GOSSIP
THE INS AND OUTS
OF THE SMALL TOWN LIFE
SHE SAID
OH BY THE WAY SON
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OLD MAN WRIGLEY'S DIED
LATER ON THAT NIGHT
I LAID THERE
THINKIN' BACK
THOUGHT ABOUT
A COUPLE OF
LONG-LOST SUMMERS
I DIDN'T KNOW
WHETHER TO
CRY OR LAUGH
IF THERE WAS
EVER ANYBODY
DESERVED A TICKET
TO THE OTHER SIDE
IT'D BE THAT
SWEET OLD MAN
WHO LOOKED ME
IN THE EYE
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
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
YEAH THIS CAN'T BE
NO THIS CAN'T BE
NO THIS CAN'T BE
ALL THERE IS
WHEN I RAISE MY HANDS
BOW MY HEAD
WOH I'M FINDIN'
MORE AND MORE TRUTH
IN THE WORDS
WRITTEN IN RED
THEY TELL ME THAT
THERE'S MORE TO THIS
THAN JUST WHAT I CAN SEE
I BELIEVE
OH I
I BELIEVE
I BELIEVE
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I BELIEVE
I BELIEVE
WOH OH OH HOH
I BELIEVE
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