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1. Old man
Wrigley lived in that white house,
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down the street where I grew
up,
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Momma used to send me over
with things,
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we struck a friendship up.
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I spent a few long
summers out on his old porch
swing.
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2. Says he was in the war when
in the navy,
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lost his wife, lost his baby,
Em
broke down and asked him one
time,
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how you keep from going
cra……zy ?
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He said, “I'll see my wife and
son in just a little while.”
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I asked him what he
meant, he looked at me and smiled,
said :
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I raise my hands, bow my head,
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I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red.
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They tell me that there's more to life than just what I can see.
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Oh, I believe.
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3. A few years later I was off
at college,
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talkin' to mom on the phone
one night,
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getting all caught up on the
gossip,
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the ins and outs of the small
town li…fe.
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She said, „Oh by the way,
son, old man Wrigley's died.”
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4. Later on that night, I laid there thinkin' back,
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thought 'bout a couple
long-lost summers,
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I didn't know whether to cry
or lau….gh.
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If there was ever anybody
deserved a ticket to the other side,
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it'd be that sweet old
man who looked me in the eye,
said :
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I raise my hands, bow my head,
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I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red.
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They tell me that there's more to life than just what I can see.
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I can't quote the book, the
chapter or the verse,
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you can't tell me it all ends
in a slow ride in a hearse.
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You know, I'm more and more
convinced the longer that I live,
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yeah, this can't be, no, this
can't be, no, this can't be all there is.
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+ CHORUS + I believe,
oh, I - - - I believe.
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I believe. Mm, mm. I believe. I believe …..
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Brooks
& Dunn)