Verse 1
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It was a wide spot out in the country
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Away from the lights of the city
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Where an old time preacher pitched a raged old tent
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Looked like it was a hundred years old
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He started out preaching to noone
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Pretty soon the crowd started gathering
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And he preached the gospel at the corner of heartbreak ridge and newhope road
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I turned into a wild man
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Some people said I�d gone crazy
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But all too soon came the harvest
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Of the wild seeds that I had sown
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I stumbled into the meeting
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I was looking like death warmed over
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Then I heard the gospel at the corner of heartbreak ridge and newhope road
((Chorus))
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When they sang come ye sinners, lost and hopeless
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Lord, I was hopeless heaven knows
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It was something got ahold of me
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Something got ahold halelluiah
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When I heard the gospel at the corner of heartbreak ridge and newhope road
Verse 2
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It�s still a wide spot out in the country
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Away from the lights of the city
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I pitched that old tent that he gave me
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The day he died and went home
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Some times I start preaching to noone
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Pretty soon the crowd starts gathering
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And I preach the gospel at the corner of heartbreak ridge and newhope road
((Chorus #2))
B E B
And we sang come ye sinners, lost and hopeless
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Lord, I was hopeless heaven knows
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It was something got ahold of me
B
Something got ahold halelluiah
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When I heard the gospel at the corner of heartbreak ridge and newhope road
((Chorus #3))
B E B
And we singcome ye sinners, lost and hopeless
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Lord, I was hopeless heaven knows
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It was something got ahold of me
B
Something got ahold halelluiah
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When I heard the gospel at the corner of heartbreak ridge and newhope road
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When I heard the gospel at the corner of heartbreak ridge and newhope road