Believe

Old man Wrigley lived in that white house Down the street where I grew up My mama used to send me over with things We struck a friendship up I spent a few long summers Out on his old porch swing Said he was in the war, when in the navy Lost his wife, lost his baby Broke down and asked him one time "How you keep from goin' crazy?" He said, "I'll see my wife and son in just a little while" Mm, I asked him what he meant, he looked at me and smiled Said, "I raise my hands Bow my head I'm findin' more and more truth In the words written in red They tell me that there's more to life Than just what I can see, I believe" A few years later I was off at college Talkin' to mom on the phone one night Gettin' all caught up on the gossip The ins and outs of the small town life She said, "Oh, by the way son Old man Wrigley's died" Later on that night I laid there thinkin' back Thought about a couple long-lost summers I didn't know whether to cry or laugh If there was ever anybody Deserved a ticket to the other side It'd be that sweet old man Who looked me in the eye Said, "I raise my hands Bow my head I'm findin' more and more truth In the words written in red They tell me that there's more to life Than just what I can see" I can't quote the book The chapter or the verse You can't tell me it all ends In a slow ride in a hearse You know I'm more and more convinced The longer that I live Yeah, this can't be (no, this can't be), no, this can't be (no, this can't be) No, this can't be all there is Lord, I raise my hands Bow my head Oh, I'm findin' more and more truth In the words written in red They tell me that there's more to life Than just what I can see (just what I can see), I believe Oh, I (I believe) I believe I believe (I believe) I believe (I believe) I believe (I believe) I believe (I believe) I believe