something to believe in þarký sözü

will i see him on the tv
preachin´ ´bout the promised land
he tells me to believe in jesus
and steals the money from my hand

some say he was a good man
but 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 bullets took his best friend in saigon
our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
in a time i don´t remember
in a war he can´t forget

he cried "forgive me for what i´ve 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 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
sees my smile it fades again

chorus

sometimes i wish to god i didn´t know now
the things i didn´t know then
road you gotta take me home

solo

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 folks
and i see how they´re living it up
while the poor they eat from hand to mouth
the rich is drinkin´ from a golden cup

and it just makes me wonder
why so many lose, so few win

chorus

you take the high road
and i´ll take the low road

sometimes i wish to god i didn´t know now
the things i didn´t know then

and give me something to believe in