I was five years old   They came and took my daddy away   Momma said he'll be back home a year from today   I know you're young but I hope you understand   These are the kind of things that happen to a man   I see her talkin' but I can't hear nothin'   Sweet salvation cover me      Take me where I long to be   Pick me up and carry me   Oh I need your love   It’s such a long way home   Even though I fall sometimes   Nothin' here can change my mind   Lord I need your love   It’s such a long way home      Daddy cried   Boy you'd better come home right now   Momma's gone   Sickness took her down   I know you're young   But I hope you understand   these are the kind of things that happen to a man   I see him talkin' but I don't hear nothin'   Lookin' round but I can't see   I touch fear but I feel nothin'   Sweet salvation cover me      All this pain locked up inside of me   On my knees I prayed you'd set me free   I know you hurt   But I really do understand   I'm the one who held your pain when I became a man   Speak to me so I hear something   turn my eyes so I can see   You touch fear and I feel something   Sweet salvation cover me      Jeremiah 17:14 / Psalm 116:6 / Proverbs 13:12