- Randy Travis - "Pray For The Fish"
(Phillip Moore, Ray Scott and Dan Murph)
Everybody gathered where the river runs wider at the edge of town.
To see if that Eddie LeVon baptism was really gonna go down.
Folks bet hard earned money that water wouldn't change a thing.
They set the odds at 100 to 1, his soul would never come clean.
Then the preacher said: "People take a moment or two,"There's something we need to do:
"Pray for the fish!
"They won't know what's coming when the sin starts rollin' off the likes of him.
"Lord, be with 'em, they ain't done nothin'.
"Please won't you leave 'em just a little bit of room to swim.
"Pray for the fish."
Well, the preacher ducked him under that cool clear water, then he did it again.
Eddie came up yellin': "Lord in Heaven, hallelujah! I'm a brand new man!
Well, the water got to bubblin', sky got to rumblin' an' the thunder backed up the choir.
The fish started jumpin'; it was like they were swimmin' in a lake of fire.
Then Eddie's Momma stepped outta the crowd,
And started yellin' out loud:
"Pray for the fish!
"They won't know what's coming when the sin starts rollin' off the likes of him.
"Lord, be with 'em, they ain't done nothin'.
"Please won't you leave 'em just a little bit of room to swim.
"Pray for the fish."
He said: "Everybody cross your fingers, fold your hands.
"Pray for ol' Eddie, but before we say Amen.
"Pray for the fish."
"Lord, be with 'em, they ain't done nothin'.
"Please won't you leave 'em just a little bit of room to swim.
"Pray for the fish."
"Lord, pray for the fish
- Randy Travis - "Three Wooden Crosses"
(Doug Johnson and Kim Williams)
A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher,
Ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico.
One's headed for vacation, one for higher education,
An' two of them were searchin' for lost souls.
That driver never ever saw the stop sign.
An' eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime.
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway,
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows.
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
It's what you leave behind you when you go.
That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres,
The faith an' love for growin' things in his young son's heart.
An' that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children:
Did her best to give 'em all a better start.
An' that preacher whispered: "Can't you see the Promised Land?"
As he laid his blood-stained bible in that hooker's hand.
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway,
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows.
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
It's what you leave behind you when you go.
That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday.
As he held that blood-stained bible up,
For all of us to see.
He said: "Bless the farmer, and the teacher, an' the preacher;
"Who gave this Bible to my mamma,
"Who read it to me."
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway,
Why there's not four of them, now I guess we know.
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
It's what you leave behind you when you go.
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
- Randy Travis - "Raise Him Up"
(Bob Royer and Rivers Rutherford)
When I first met his Momma, she was just nineteen.
Couldn't say for certain who the father was.
I have known him since he was a pup,
And I'm gonna raise him up.
If you never knew your Daddy like I never knew mine,
It feels like everybody knows you're fatherless.
This boy may not be blood of my blood,
But I'm gonna raise him up.
I'll provide for him, walk beside of him:
I am strong enough.
'Cause it's time he knew what a son can do,
With a father's love.
Well, he can change the world.
Y'all may have to look at Joseph, a couple of thousand years ago,
When he held a newborn baby he named Jesus.
He said he may not be blood of my blood,
Still, I'm gonna raise him up.
I'll provide for him, walk beside of him:
I am strong enough.
'Cause it's time he knew what a son can do,
With a father's love.
And he will change the world.
Thirty-three years later when the son was in his grave,
Broken and abandoned by a world he came to save,
His real Dad said: "He's mine, blood of my blood,
"An' I'm gonna raise Him up." (Raise Him up.)
"I'll provide for you, walk beside of you:
"I am strong enough.
"'Cause it's time he knew what a Son can do,
"With a Father's love."
One man changed the world,
An' he can change your world.
But you gotta raise Him up. (Raise Him up.)
Raise Him up.
- Randy Travis - "Four Walls"
My Grandpa farmed for a livin',
Content to live the simpler kind of life.
My Grandma worked in the kitchen,
Awfully proud to be that farmer's wife.
They used to say that they'd got everything that they need,
Each mornin' they wake up:
Four walls, three words, two hearts, one love.
Here I am, ring on my finger:
Grandpa's little grandson, all grown up.
I found my rock and I plan to keep her.
I wish they were here to see the two of us.
They'd proud to know we've got everything that we need,
Each mornin' we wake up:
Four walls, three words, two hearts, one love.
With the highway twice as wide,
And the farmland sub-divided.
It's good to know that some things never change.
I'm still lovin' an I'm still livin',
By those simple words of wisdom:
Life an' love come down to just four things.
My Grandpa, Lord knows, I miss him,
An' the way that he and Grandma looked at life.
And each day, I count my blessings,
To have that kind of love here by my side.
No matter what, we know we've got everything that we need,
Each mornin' we wake up:
Four walls, three words, two hearts, one love.
Yeah, we've got everything that we need,
Between the two of us:
Four walls, three words, two hearts, one love.
