Every Saint

Lyrics

[Verse 1] He climbed down off that old John Deere Wipin' sweat and I was wipin' tears He saw me comin' across them cotton rows He was seventy-eight, I was twenty-one Feelin' guilty for who I'd become, and then the toughest man I knew pulled me close And he said, "Son, no matter what you've done, you gotta know" [Chorus] "It ain't that you fall, but that you get back up, life's more about faith than it is about luck Man makes a livin' by the work he does, but he'll leave his mark 'cause of who he was My boots have walked that road, so, son, remember Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" [Verse 2] See, I never knew the cane he'd raised, he was a man of God, a man of faith He said, "Let me tell you 'bout the way I used to be I've run from the law and I've run 'shine Had some barroom fights and a shotgun bride, 'til one night in a tent revival, I hit my knees And then Jesus got my heart, and now I believe" [Chorus] "It ain't that you fall, but that you get back up, life's more about faith than it is about luck Man makes a livin' by the work he does, but he'll leave his mark 'cause of who he was My boots have walked that road, so, son, remember Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" [Bridge] "In the pages of the Good Book you can read about liars, losers, cheats and thieves who were changed So there's hope for you and me" [Chorus] "It ain't that you fall, but that you get back up, life's more about faith than it is about luck Man makes a livin' by the work he does, but he'll leave his mark 'cause of who he was My boots have walked that road, so, son, remember Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future" [Outro] Every sinner has a future