Well I see him on the TV   Preachin' 'bout the promised land   He tells me to believe in Jesus   And steals the money from my hand   Some say he was a good man   But 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've 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 and 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   If there's a Lord above   And give me something to believe in   Oh, Lord arise      Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now   The things I didn't know then      I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street   Like bodies in an open grave   Underneath the broken old neon sign   That used to read Jesus saves   A mile away live the rich folks   And I see how they're living it up   While the poor they eat from hand to mouth   The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup   And it just makes me wonder   Why so many lose, so few win      And give me something to believe in   If there's a Lord above   And give me something to believe in   Oh, Lord arise      You take the high road   And I'll take the low road      Yes Sometimes I wish I didn't know now   The things I didn't know then   And give me something to believe in