There was a man I used to pass on my way into town
He was covered in dirt like the world had beat him down
I often wondered how he ended up like that
So one day driving home, I pulled over to ask
I said, man, where did it all go wrong?
He said, son, do you really want to know?
My daddy left for another woman, moved off to L.A.
My mama fought hard against that cancer
She died when I was a kid
I finished school, my country shipped me off to war
When I came home, my whole world didn't love me anymore
It's hard to see all that when you're driving by
So I just write down Jesus saves
Cause there ain't no way I can fit that on a sign
I can't fit that on
I can't fit that on a sign
I took him to a diner
I bought him a cup of coffee
He asked me if he could bomb a couple dollars off me
He told me his story, I told mine
He said thanks cause most folks around here would never take the time
He said
He said thanks cause most folks around here would never take the time



I lost my job down at the mill when that factory closed
The army stopped sending me them checks, the bank took everything I owned
Hitchhiked my way up to Chicago, but the nights were too damn cold
I hopped a train headed west, cause I had nowhere else to go
It was hard to see all that driving by
So I just write down Jesus saves, cause there ain't no way I could fit that on a sign
There ain't no way to fit that on a sign
I probably would have wrote down a little more
If I could have found a bigger piece of cardboard
But I don't know how to write it down
My brother Walter was my hero, but he was bad to drink
One night he laid his Harley down near that Ohio River bank
Me and my ex-wife tried for kids and we were dating
Yeah, we even had baby names picked out, but little Walter didn't make it
It was hard to see all that driving by
So I just write down Jesus saves, cause there ain't no way I could fit that on a sign
Can't fit all that on a sign
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