He's got a big gold ring which says Jesus Saves   and it's dented from the punch thrown at work that day   when he smashed the metal locker where he kept his things   after the big boss say "You best be on your way"      So this life is sacrifice   oh yeah   jumping trains just to survive      Well his wife and kids asleep but he's still awake   and his brain weighs the curse of thirty bills unpaid   gets up, lights a cigarette, he's grown to hate   thinking if he can't sleep, how will he ever dream again?      So this life is sacrificed   oh yeah   to a stranger's bottom line   oh yeah      I've seen the light, oho oh ohhhh oho oh ohhhh   I'm scared alive   nearly dead   oho oh ohhhh oho oh ohhhh   I've seen the light   Still alive      yeah   So this life is sacrificed   oh yeah   Was a dream that had to die   oh yeah      I've seen the light, oho ohhh ohhhhh oho ohhh ohhhhh   I'm scared alive   Near to death   oho ohhh ohhhhh oho ohhh ohhhhh      I've seen the light   scared alive   oho ohhh ohhhhh oooohoooo   I'm here to die   here to die   scared alive   Here to die   Here to die   Scared of life