Salvation Works

She's a woman on a mission always in the church

If you need a ride into town her offer is the first

Yeah she thinks that if she's perfect she can outrun all the hurt

But that ain't how salvation works

That steeple still needs paintin' they're out there cuttin' grass

There's a two line Sunday sermon she'll miss 'cause she drives too fast

And the message on the marquee reflected in the glass

Is every sinner has a future and every saint has a past

He's a man with a memory that turned into a curse

Keeps every bottle empty until he's numbed down to the nerve

He thinks that forgiveness is reserved for soles like hers

But that ain't how salvation works

That steeple still needs paintin' they're out there cuttin' grass

There's a two line Sunday sermon she'll miss 'cause she drives too fast

And the message on the marquee reflected in the glass

Is every sinner has a future and every saint has a past

I can quote the bible the chapter or the verse

And heavens just a promise for those left here on Earth

But I believe that God loves us more then we deserve

And I hope that's how

Yeah I hope that's how

I hope that's how salvation works

Salvation works

Oh I hope that's how

I hope that's how