Something To Believe In (Song)-Bret Michaels

[ti:Something To Believe In (Song)] [ar:Bret Michaels] [al:Ballads, Blues & Stories] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Something To Believe In (Song) - Bret Michaels [00:15.42]Will I see him on the TV [00:18.44] [00:19.81]Preaching about the promised land [00:21.89] [00:23.38]He tells me to believe in Jesus [00:26.63]And steals the money from my hand [00:30.56]Some say he was a good man [00:33.99]But Lord I think he sinned yeah alright [00:42.91] [00:43.55]Twenty-two years of mental tears [00:46.66]Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet [00:49.06] [00:52.62]To find his country didn't want him back [00:56.43] [00:57.68]Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon [01:00.67]Our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets [01:03.35] [01:04.66]In a time I don't remember [01:07.53]In a war he can't forget [01:11.28] [01:11.90]He cried forgive me for what I've done there [01:15.76]Cause I never meant the things I did [01:19.89] [01:23.83]And give me something to believe in [01:27.14] [01:28.38]If there's a Lord above [01:30.38] [01:31.19]And give me something to believe in [01:34.75] [01:36.13]Oh Lord arise [01:38.01] [01:39.75]My best friend died a lonely man [01:43.12]In some Palm Springs hotel room [01:45.50] [01:46.99]I got the call last Christmas Eve [01:50.38]And they told me the news [01:53.38] [01:54.19]I tried all night not to break down and cry [01:58.30]As the tears rolled down my face [02:00.30] [02:01.55]I felt so cold and empty [02:04.10]Like a lost soul out of place [02:07.42] [02:08.42]And the mirror mirror on the wall [02:12.41]Sees my smile it fades again [02:15.65] [02:20.73]And give me something to believe in [02:23.04] [02:24.28]If there's a Lord above [02:27.03] [02:27.71]And give me something to believe in [02:29.97] [02:32.39]Oh Lord arise [02:33.95] [02:37.19]God I didn't know now [02:39.38] [02:40.07]The things I didn't know then [02:42.75] [02:47.97]Road you gotta take me home [02:49.48] [03:30.00]I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street [03:35.06]Like bodies in an open grave [03:37.11] [03:38.73]Underneath the broken old neon sign [03:41.85]That used to read Jesus saves [03:44.10] [03:45.91]A mile away live the rich folks [03:48.84]And I see how they're living it up [03:51.46] [03:52.77]While the poor they eat from hand to mouth [03:56.46]The rich is drinking from a golden cup [04:00.45]And it just makes me wonder [04:03.26]Why so many lose so few win [04:11.14] [04:11.99]Give me something to believe in [04:14.61] [04:16.73]Or Lord above [04:18.48] [04:19.29]And give me something to believe in [04:21.66] [04:23.11]Oh Lord arise [04:25.97] [04:27.98] give me something to believe in [04:29.79] [04:31.47]Oh Lord above [04:32.79] [04:33.79]And give me something to believe in [04:36.30] [04:41.28]And give me something to believe in [04:43.65] [04:46.47]Oh Lord arise [04:48.87]And give me something to believe in [04:50.74] [04:53.80]Oh Lord above [04:56.70] Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now [05:00.75]The things I didn't know then [05:03.43] [05:07.32]And give me something to believe in