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Intro
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verse 1
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I was on my way to somewhere to the Mexicali sand
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A man sat down beside me, he had scars upon his hands
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He told me some stories - I told him some lies
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Light shone through my darkness, cast shadows from my mind
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His eyes they looked right through me, oh I knew he carried weight
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Something real was going down that day
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Oh I told him I'm a sinner, he said that's o.k.
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I'm not here to change you any-way, he was gone when I turned around
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Was that Jesus - Jesus on a Greyhound
verse 2
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We talked about the world gone bad, the troubles we had seen
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We talked about the dirt brown shoes he wore on his feet
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He said I'm tired and weary, I've been riding a long way
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Let me rest my eyes for now, let me drift away
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He acted like he knew me, then he fell asleep
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I had no more secrets I could keep
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Oh I told him I'm a sinner, he said that's o.k.
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I'm not here to change you any-way, he was gone when I turned around
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Was that Jesus - Jesus on a Greyhound
Bridge
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Somewhere in the sunlit mornin' I stepped off the bus in the
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middle of the city of angels
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And that long haired hippie was up and gone where devils run and
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play and lust lookin for the danger
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Oh and I looked at my feet and saw the shoes that he had worn and
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Thank God for that beautiful stranger
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Was that Jesus, was that Jesus, was that Jeeee - sus
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Oh I told him I'm a sinner, he said that's o.k.
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I'm not here to change you any-way, he was gone when I turned around
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Was that Jesus - Jesus on a Greyhound
Outro
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And I'll rise, I'll rise again,
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ain't no power on earth can keep me down
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And I'll rise, I'll rise again,
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There ain't no death can keep me in the ground
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Was that Jesus
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On a greyhound
Written by Glen Ballard/Shelby Lynne