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We don't have much here But you're welcome to it all The preacher told the stranger at the door Come sit down by this fire Let the coffee warm you up I can't see I've seen rain this hard before The stranger said "I saw your sign, as I was walking down the road" "And I figured that a church might be the safest place to go" Well son, crosses sure get heavy And we've all got one to bear And if you're looking for a shelter From the storm, you'll find one here They sat and talked for hours There in that empty church About how life's unfair sometimes Trying to make sense of how God works The preacher said "I lost my son one summer, And he was only 25 A drunk driver crossed that double yellow line And I prayed so hard to Jesus, To save my only son It seems all I do these days is question why Now I stand here every Sunday, and preach to everybody else SongtexteAnd I talk a lot about forgiveness, but I can't do it myself" Son, crosses sure get heavy And we've all got one to bear I don't know why I'm telling you all this Or if you even care They sat and talked for hours There in that empty church About how life's unfair sometimes Trying to make sense of how God works Tears filled the strangers eyes He said "I know I've changed a lot I might be hard for you to recognize But late one summer night I'd had too much to drink I got behind the wheel and changed both of our lives And 'I'm sorry' just ain't good enough, when you hurt someone like that And if I could, God knows I'd give my life to bring him back" Preacher, crosses sure get heavy And we've all got one to bear And I'm here to ask forgiveness If you even care They sat and talked for hours There in that empty church About how life's unfair sometimes Trying to make sense of how God works Aus Songtexte Mania