I Came Here To Live-Trace Adkins

[00:00.00] [00:00.000] 作曲 : Tony Lane [00:05.00] [00:10.00] [00:12.12]i grew up in a town where tough was a cigarette [00:17.87]and a souped up car on a county road [00:23.55]nothin' much to do back then [00:25.59]so we'd make bets [00:29.39]on how much drink a guy could hold [00:32.88]and i held my own [00:39.20]learn to hold my own [00:40.98] [00:46.29]daddy works some dead-end job at the concrete plant [00:51.63]mama taught the sunday bible class [00:57.71]for eighteen years i remember thinkin' [01:03.83]there was more to life than that [01:06.25]so i ran the streets to beat the devil [01:11.71]goin' just as fast as i could fly [01:18.04]'cause i came here to live [01:23.64]i didn't come here to die [01:25.37] [01:31.65]mama used to wait for me with the porch light on [01:36.84]worried about her little boy 'til i got home [01:43.26]daddy he'd say listen son [01:46.02]but back then there wasn't much [01:49.71]that i didn't already know [02:00.34]i reckon i was doing close to 80 [02:03.24] [02:05.23]when i felt the tire slip out from under me [02:10.86]and i never set out lookin' for jesus [02:16.82]so i guess jesus come lookin' for me [02:20.34]and he found me upset down in a ditch [02:25.43]smokin' gas in my eyes [02:31.56]and he said son you came here to live [02:37.21]you didn't come here to die [02:39.01] [02:44.95]sunday morning i got up and i went to church [02:50.78]that summer i got a job and i went to work [02:57.08]met a girl in town put some money down [03:01.50]on a little house with a yard [03:05.27] [03:13.41]our little boy was due in september [03:19.38]but he came early in july [03:25.08]for eighteen days all i remember [03:31.26]was settin' there at his side [03:33.69]sayin' son open up your eyes [03:39.85]just open up your eyes [03:45.43]'cause you came here to live [03:51.10]you didn't come here to die [03:56.53]son you came here to live [04:00.49] [04:02.47]