A BIBLE AND A BUS TICKET HOME Collin Raye
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Mamma's tears fell so easy Daddy's handshake was strong. . .
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Then I climbed aboard that Greyhound Eighteen and glad to be gone.
[Verse 2]
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Took a rented room on Broadway As I unpacked everything I owned.
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I found a note my mamma left me With a Bible and a bus ticket home.
[CHORUS]
It Said, [SPOKEN]
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One will get you where you're going When you haven't got a prayer.
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And one will bring you back, son If your dreams ain't waiting
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there. . .
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You're out on your own now We won't be there to fall back on. . .
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But you know we're never farther Than a Bible and a bus ticket
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home.
[Verse 3]
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The years have come and gone and taken The only things in life I
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ever counted on. . .
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But I'm going back tomorrow To lay flowers on their stone.
[Verse 4]
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I can almost hear my mamma calling Saying, son come back where you
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belong. . .
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You've got all you need to get here A Bible and a bus ticket home.
[CHORUS]
It said, [SPOKEN]
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One will get you where you're going When you haven't got a prayer.
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And one will bring you back, son If your dreams ain't waiting
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there. . .
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You're out on your own now We won't be there to fall back on. . .
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But you know we're never farther Than a Bible and a bus ticket
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home.
[Outro]
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Boy, you know we're never farther. . .
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Than a Bible and a bus ticket home.