I Came Here To Live

[Verse 1] I grew up in a town where tough was a cigarette And a souped up car on a county road Nothing much to do back then So we'd make bets On how much drink a guy could hold And I held my own Learn to hold my own Daddy works some dead-end job at the concrete plant Mama taught the Sunday bible class For eighteen years I remember thinking There was more to life than that So I ran the streets to beat the Devil Going just as fast as I could fly [Chorus] Because I came here to live I didn't come here to die [Verse 2] Mama used to wait for me with the porch light on Worried about her little boy until I got home Daddy he'd say, listen son But back then there wasn't much That I didn't already know I reckon I was doing close to 80 When I felt the tire slip out from under me And I never set out looking for Jesus So I guess Jesus came looking for me And He found me upset down in a ditch Smoking gas in my eyes [Chorus] [Verse 3] Sunday morning I got up and I went to church That summer I got a job and I went to work Met a girl in town put some money down On a little house with a yard Our little boy was due in September But he came early in July For eighteen days all I remember Was sitting there at his side Saying, son open up your eyes Just open up your eyes [Chorus]