I Came Here To Live Lyrics - Singles - Brad Cotter

I grew up in a town where tough was a cigarette 

And a souped up car on a county road 

Nothin' much to do back then so we'd make bets 

On how much drink a guy could hold 

And I held my own 

I learned to hold my own 

Daddy works some dead-end job at the concrete plant 

Mama taught the Sunday Bible class 

For eighteen years I remember thinkin' 

That there was more to life than that so I ran the streets to beat the Devil 

Goin' just as fast as I could fly 

'Cause I came here to live 

I didn't come here to die 

Mama used to wait for me with the porch light on 

Worried about her little boy 'til I got home 

Daddy, he'd say, "Listen son", but back then there wasn't much 

That I didn't already know 

I reckon I was doing close to 80 

When I felt the tire slip out from underneath 

And I never set out lookin' for Jesus 

So I guess Jesus come lookin' for me 

And He found me upset down in a ditch 

Smokin' gas in my eyes 

And He said, "Son, you came here to live 

You didn't come here to die" 

Sunday morning I got up and I went to church 

That summer I got a job and I went to work 

I met a girl in town, put some money down 

On a little house with a yard 

Our little boy was due in September 

But he came early in July 

For eighteen days all I remember 

Was sittin' there at his side 

Sayin', "Son open up your eyes 

Just open up your eyes 

'Cause you came here to live 

You didn't come here to die 

Son, you came here to live"