Cash, Cocaine, and the Cross

Started sellin' for the money Keep my girl in school I was seventeen and broker Than a Monday in a mule Moved a little, moved a lot Moved a mountain by thirty-four The Lord turned His back on me Every time I closed another door

Bought the car my daddy dreamed of Bought the house, bought the wife, bought the life Bought a rancher a new tractor When the Fed came knockin' twice Buried two of my cousins in Monterrey Buried one of my friends in the Keys And the boss man sent me flowers With a note that said "You better freeze"

Cash, cocaine, and the cross I had all three and I still got lost Cash, cocaine, and the cross Two would kill me, one was the boss Now I'm standin' at the altar With my hands about to crack Cash, cocaine, and the cross Lord, take the first two back

I turned state, I turned my back On every brother that I knew They did eight, they did twelve One of 'em did a bullet through I walk into a Baptist church Every Wednesday 'bout half past five Sit in the back like I'm waitin' on Jesus But I don't deserve to be alive

Father Michael said "Son, come closer The altar ain't just for the good" I said "Padre, I built this pulpit With every dollar of blood" He said "That's exactly who the cross is for The man who hammered the nail" And I cried in the holy water Like a man who paid his bail

Somewhere between the weighing and the weight Between the customer and the kilo Between the mother I robbed and the men I laid There was one door I refused to go Lord, I still owe Your people More than blood could ever pay But if You take this weight off tonight I'll work the rest of my days

Cash, cocaine, and the cross I had all three and I still got lost Cash, cocaine, and the cross The cheapest one's the only one that's free Now I'm standin' at the altar On my knees where I shoulda been Cash, cocaine, and the cross Take the money, take the coke, just take me in Cash, cocaine, and the cross Take the money, take the coke, just take me in

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