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I Came Here to Live

I grew up in a town where tough was a cigarette

And a souped up car on a county road

Nothin' much to do back then so we'd make bets

On how much drink a guy could holdAnd I held my own

I learned to hold my ownDaddy works some dead-end job at the concrete plant

Mama taught the Sunday Bible class

For eighteen years I remember thinkin'

That there was more to life than that so I ran the streets to beat the DevilGoin' just as fast as I could fly

'Cause I came here to live

I didn't come here to dieMama used to wait for me with the porch light on

Worried about her little boy 'til I got home

Daddy, he'd say, "Listen son", but back then there wasn't much

That I didn't already knowI reckon I was doing close to 80

When I felt the tire slip out from underneath

And I never set out lookin' for Jesus

So I guess Jesus come lookin' for meAnd He found me upset down in a ditch

Smokin' gas in my eyes

And He said, "Son, you came here to live

You didn't come here to die"Sunday morning I got up and I went to church

That summer I got a job and I went to work

I met a girl in town, put some money down

On a little house with a yardOur little boy was due in September

But he came early in July

For eighteen days all I remember

Was sittin' there at his sideSayin', "Son open up your eyes

Just open up your eyes

'Cause you came here to live

You didn't come here to die

Son, you came here to live"

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