Something To Believe In Lyrics - From Scotland With Love - King Creosote

Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised land 

He tells me to believe in Jesus 

And steals the money from my hand 

Some say he was a good man 

But Lord I think he sinned, yeah 

Twenty-two years of mental tears 

Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet 

Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore 

To find his country didn't want him back 

Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon 

Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets 

In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget 

He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there 

Cause I never meant the things I did" 

[Chorus] 

And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord above 

And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise 

My best friend died a lonely man 

In some Palm Springs hotel room 

I got the call last Christmas Eve 

And they told me the news 

I tried all night not to break down and cry 

As the tears rolled down my face 

I felt so cold and empty 

Like a lost soul out of place 

And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again 

[Chorus] 

Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now 

The things I didn't know then road you gotta take me home 

I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street 

Like bodies in an open grave 

Underneath the broken old neon sign 

That used to read JESUS SAVES 

A mile away live the rich folks 

And I see how they're living it up 

While the poor they eat from hand to mouth 

The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup 

And it just makes me wonder why so many lose, so few win 

[Chorus] 

You take the high road and I'll take the low road 

Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now 

The things I didn't know then 

And give me something to believe in