Believe

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Old man Wrigley lived in that white house

Down the street where I grew up

My momma used to send me over with things

We struck a friendship up

I spent a few long summers

Out on his old porch swing

Said he was in the war in the navy

Lost his wife' lost his baby

I broke down and asked him one time

How ya keep from going crazy

He said I'll see my wife and son in just a little while

I asked him what he meant

He looked at me and smiled' and said

[01:09.73]I raise my hands' bow my head

[02:50.24][01:17.75]I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red

[02:57.72][01:25.28]They tell me that there's more to life than just what I can see

[01:32.95]Oh I believe

Few years later I was off at college

Talkin' on the phone to my mom one night

Getting all caught up on the gossip

Of the small town life

She said oh by the way child' old man Wrigley hass died.

Later on that night' I laid there thinkin' back

I thought about a couple long-lost summers

I didn't know whether to cry or laugh

Cause if there was ever anybody who deserved a ticket to the other side

It'd be that sweet old man who looked me in the eye and said

I can't quote the book

The chapter or the verse

You can't tell me it all ends

In a slow ride in a hearse

You know I'm more and more convinced

The longer that I live

No' this can't be

No' it can't be

This can't be all there is

When I raise my hands' bow my head

Ooh' I still believe