A Bible And A Bus Ticket Home (G)

A Bible And A Bus Ticket Home (G Harmonica)- Collin Raye

Intro:
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Momma's tears fell so easy
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Daddy's handshake was strong
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Then I climbed aboard that Greyhound
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Eighteen and glad to be gone
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Took a rented room on Broadway
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And as I unpacked everything I owned
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I found a note my mama left me
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With a Bible and a bus ticket home
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It said one will get you where you're going
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When you haven't got a prayer
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And one will bring you back, son
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If your dreams ain't waiting there
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You're out on your own now
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We won't be there to fall back on
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But you know we're never farther 
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than a Bible and a bus ticket home
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The years have come and gone and taken
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The only things in life I ever counted on
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But I'm going back tomorrow
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To lay flowers on their stone
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I can almost hear my mama calling 
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saying son come back where you belong
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You've got all you need to get here
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A Bible and a bus ticket home
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It said one will get you where you're going
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When you haven't got a prayer
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And one will bring you back, son
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If your dreams ain't waiting there
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You're out on your own now
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We won't be there to fall back on
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But you know we're never farther 
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than A Bible and a bus ticket home
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Boy, you know we're never farther
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than A Bible and a bus ticket home