Well I see him on the TVnPreachin' 'bout the promised landnHe tells me to believe in JesusnAnd steals the money from my handnSome say he was a good mannBut Lord I think he sinned, yeahnTwenty-two years of mental tearsnCries a suicidal Vietnam vetnWho fought a losing war on a foreign shorenTo find his country didn't want him backnTheir bullets took his best friend in SaigonnOur lawyers took his wife and kids, nno regretsnIn a time I don't remembernIn a war he can't forgetnHe cried Forgive me for nwhat I've done therenCause I never meant the things I didnn[Chorus]nAnd give me something to believe innIf there's a Lord abovenAnd give me something to believe innnOh, Lord arisenMy best friend died a lonely mannIn some Palm Springs hotel roomnI got the call last Christmas EvennAnd they told me the newsnI tried all night not to break down and crynAs the tears rolled down my facenI felt so cold and emptynLike a lost soul out of placenAnd the mirror, mirror on the wallnSees my smile it fades againnn[Chorus]nnSometimes I wish to God nI didn't know nownThe things I didn't know thennRoad you gotta take me homennI drive by the homeless sleeping onna cold dark streetnLike bodies in an open gravenUnderneath the broken old neon signnThat used to read nJesus SavesnA mile away live the rich folksnAnd I see how they're living it upnWhile the poor they eat from hand to mouthnThe rich is drinkin' from a golden cupnAnd it just makes me wondernWhy so many lose, so few winnn[Chorus]nnYou take the high roadnAnd I'll take the low roadnSometimes I wish to God nI didn't know nownThe things I didn't know thennAnd give me something to believe in