He was preachin' down off 3rd and main as I was pa**in' by He was walking talking kinda crazy warnin' us all 'bout the end of time So out from the crowd, I just asked him how could God love a mess like me He said, "Son, I'm a preacher now but that ain't who I used to be" He said You'll never know, you'll never know Just how far love has brought me You'll never know who I used to be Cause I've been around and I've been down To the bottom of hell and back again I was almost out, I was at my end But then love stepped in She works downtown at the halfway house almost every day All the love she has she just gives away So I asked her why she spends so much time on the broken and the poor And she just smiled at me and said "I'm not who I was before" She said You'll never know, you'll never know Just how far love has brought me You'll never know who I used to be Cause I've been around and I've been down To the bottom of hell and back again I was almost out, I was at my end But then love stepped in Love stepped in I look back sometimes over where I've been and just how far I've come Since the day that preacher told me about His amazing love I was lost and alone, then the lights came on and hope set my heart free In the darkest hour grace got a hold of me, yeah You'll never know, you'll never know Just how far love has brought me You'll never know who I used to be, oh oh Cause I've been around and I've been down To the bottom of hell and back again I was almost out, I was at my end But then love stepped in Love stepped in