Well I see him on the TV Preaching about the promised land he tells me believe in Jesus steals the money from my hands some say he was a good man 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 bullet took his best friend in Saigon our lawyers took his wife n kids no regrets In a time I don’t remember in a war he cant forget he cried “forgive me for what I 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 n cry as the tears rolled down my face I felt so cold n empty like a lost soul out of place and a Mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again Chorus and give me something to believe in( I give me something tobelieve in) if there’s lord above and give me something to believe in ( I give me something tobelieve in) Oh, lord arise Sometimes I wish to God I didn’t know now things I did know then, Road you gotta take me home solo I drive by the homeless sleepin’ on a cold dark street like bodies in a open grave underneath the broken old neon sign used to read “Jesus saves” A mile away way live the rich folk and I see how they’re livin’ it up but while the poor they eat from hand to mouth the rich are drinkin’ from a golden cup and it just makes me wonder how so many lose and so few win Ha give me something to believe in give me something to believe in I said the lord above give me something to believe in oh lord arise give me something to believe in you take the high road give me something to believe in and I’ll take the low road give me something to believe in you take the high road and give me something to believe in and I’ll take the low road there’s some times I wish I didn’t know now things I did know then and give me something to believe in