Well I can 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
but Lord I think
he's sinned yeah yeah
Twenty-two years
of metal tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
'Bout losin' the war
on a foreign shore
to find his country
didn't want him back
The police took his
best friends in Saigon
Only took his wife
his kids no regrets
Anytime I don't remember
Any one he can't forget
He cried forgive me
for what I'd done there
'cause I never meant
the things I did
Give me somethin' to believe in
Well there's a Lord above
Ah give me somethin'
to believe in
Oh Lord around us
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 oh man not
to break down and cry
as the tears rolled
down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Well like a lost soul
out of place
And the mirror mirror
on the wall
seems a smilin' face again
Give me somethin' to believe in
Well there's a Lord above
Ah give me somethin'
to believe in
Oh Lord around us
Sometimes I wish to God
I didn't know now
things I did know then
Broke down take me home
I drive by the homeless
sleepin' on a
cold dark street
Like bodies in an
old bone grave
Underneath the broken
old neon sign
used to read Jesus saves
And on the way
live the rich folk
And I see how
they're livin' it up
Oh while the poor they eat
from heaven's mouth
the rich drink from
the golden cup
And it just makes me wonder
why so many lose
so few win hah
Gimme somethin' to believe in
said there's a lord above
Gimme somethin' to believe in
Oh Lord around us
Gimme somethin' to believe in
said there's a lord above
Gimme somethin' to believe in
Oh Lord around us
Gimme somethin' to believe in
said there's a lord above
Gimme somethin' to believe in
Oh Lord around us
Yes and times I wish
I didn't know now
the things I did
know then yeah
And give me
somethin' to believe in