Something to Believe In - Poison

Well I see him on the TV

Preaching about the promised lands

he tells me believe in Jesus

steals the money from my hands

some say he was a good man

Lord I think he sinned... yeah

Twenty two years of mental tears

cries a suicidal Vietnam vet

Who fought a losing war

on a foreign shore

to find his country didn't want him back

their bullets took his best friend in Saigon

our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets

In a time I don't remember

in a war he can't forget

he cried "forgive me for what I done there

Cause I never meant the things I did"

and give me something to believe in

if there's a lord above

and give me something to believe in

oh, lord arise

My best friend died a lonely man

in some Palm Springs hotel room

I got the call last Christmas Eve

and they told me the news

I tried all night not to break down n cry

as the tears rolled down my face

I felt so cold and empty

like a lost soul out of place

and the Mirror mirror on the wall

sees my smile it fades again

and give me something to believe in (I give me something to believe in)

if there's lord above

and give me something to believe in (I give me something to believe in)

Oh, lord arise

Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now

things I didn't know then,

Road you gotta take me home

Solo

I drive by the homeless

sleepin' on a cold dark street

like bodies in an old bone grave

underneath the broken old neon sign

used to read "Jesus saves"

A mile away live the rich folk

and I see how they're livin' it up

but while the poor they eat from hand to mouth

the rich are drinkin' from a golden cup

and it just makes me wonder

why so many lose and so few win... Ha!

Give me something to believe in

give me something to believe in

If there's a lord above

give me something to believe in

oh lord arise

give me something to believe in

you take the high road

give me something to believe in

and I'll take the low road

give me something to believe in

you take the high road

and give me something to believe in

and I'll take the low road

Yeah, sometimes I wish I didn't know now

things I didn't know then... yeah.

and give me something to believe in