Don't Let It Rip You Up!

It started out with nothing 

Just like the end of every day

By the time it finally came to me

I was fading away

In a world that cares for no one

It just blew me away

Well, so much for independence

And your independent ways

That lifts me up with open arms

I should have build a barricade

Now I'm standing at the station 

And the journey takes a day

When I find that I stopped breathing

I had to find another way

So, don't let it rip you up

And leave me to die

Don't let it rip you up

I'm telling you why

I can't take much more of this

I telling you why

Don't let it rip you

And leave me to die, leave me to die

When I pulled into a truck stop on Highway 69

The waitress gave me coffee

But I just needed wine

She said to me "you're eager Man"

I said "I seen the light"

Yeah, Jesus gave me power 

But he took it back tonight

So, don't let it rip you up

And leave me to die

Don't let it rip you up

I'm telling you why

I can't take much more of this

I telling you why

Don't let it rip you

And leave me to die, leave me to die

Then I pulled into a churchyard

To watch the soldiers pray

The preacher had a shotgun

And he held it to his face

He said "let no man be without one"

Now where's amazing grace

Then let it lift you up

And reach for the sky

Yeah, let it lift you up

I'm telling you why

I've had my fill of this

I'm telling you why

So don't let it rip you up

And leave me to die, yeah, leave me to die