Songwriters: Johnson, Douglas M.; Williams, Kim E.;A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher  Ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico  One was headin' for vacation, one for higher education  And two of them were searchin' for lost souls    That driver never ever saw the stop sign  And 18 wheelers can't stop on a dime    There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway  Why there's not four of them Heaven only knows  I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you  It's what you leave behind you when you go    That farmer left a harvest, a home and 80 acres  The faith and love for growin' things in his young son's heart  And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children  Did her best to give 'em all a better start    And that preacher whispered, "Can't you see the promised land?"  As he lay his blood stained Bible in that hooker's hand    There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway  Why there's not four of them Heaven only knows  I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you  It's what you leave behind you when you go    That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday  As he held that blood stained Bible up for all of us to see  He said, "Bless the farmer and the teacher and the preacher  who gave this Bible to my momma who read it to me"    There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway  Why there's not four of them now I guess we know  It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you  It's what you leave behind you when you go    There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway      © MIKE CURB MUSIC; SONY/ATV TUNES D/B/A CROSS KEYS PUB; SWEET RADICAL MUSIC;    these lyrics are last corrected by Me!