Love Wins-Ty Herndon

[ti:Love Wins] [ar:Ty Herndon] [al:Lies I Told Myself] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Love Wins - Ty Herndon [00:12.32]They grew up in east St Louis [00:14.99]On the wrong side of the river [00:18.30]Never knew his dad and his mama had [00:21.33]A taste for cheap corn liquor [00:23.95]Started runnin' with a gang [00:26.85]Despite his grandma's prayers [00:30.13]If the finish line was a chalk outline [00:33.06]Well he was halfway there [00:36.11]Then one night as he was walkin' out the door [00:41.83]She threw her arms around him [00:44.44]Like he was goin' off to war [00:47.65]She kissed him on the forehead [00:50.03]Whispered three words in his ear [00:53.16]And all the anger he held on to [00:56.48]Began to disappear [00:59.49]Love wins [01:02.36]No matter what they say [01:05.32]It's bigger than the biggest fear [01:07.90]Stronger than the strongest hate [01:10.77]The kindness of a kiss [01:13.81]Unclenches any fist [01:16.42]It's like a daisy in the barrel of a gun [01:22.22]But in the end [01:25.08]Love wins [01:31.48]Tommy tattooed his hatred [01:34.67]Up and down his arm [01:37.45]He shaved his head those words in red [01:40.31]Never entered his cold heart [01:43.34]He spent his whole life judging [01:45.77]People by the color of their skin [01:48.97]White was right you couldn't change his mind [01:51.99]No matter what you did [01:54.89]Then one night [01:57.60]A gang jumped him from behind [02:00.67]He was dying in that alley [02:03.53]When Ray came walking by [02:06.82]The color didn't matter [02:08.94]As he reached out a saving hand [02:12.27]And ever since that moment [02:15.17]Tommy's been a different man [02:18.52]Love wins [02:21.22]No matter what they say [02:24.02]It's bigger than the biggest fear [02:26.87]Stronger than the strongest hate [02:29.63]The kindness of a kiss [02:33.05]Unclenches any fist [02:35.56]It's like a daisy in the barrel of a gun [02:41.24]But in the end [02:44.17]Love wins [02:47.03]When it looks like it's gonna lose [02:50.35]When it's almost dark [02:52.26]The clouds just part [02:53.47]The sun comes shining through [02:58.11]Love wins [03:00.67]No matter what they say [03:03.47]It's bigger than the biggest fear [03:06.22]Stronger than the strongest hate [03:09.28]The kindness of a kiss [03:12.51]Unclenches any fist [03:15.04]It's like a daisy in the barrel of a gun [03:20.88]But in the end [03:23.87]Love wins [03:29.37]Love wins