Bret Michaels - Something to Believe In lyrics

Story When I wrote the lyrics to Something to Believe In it truly was the hardest lyrics I ever had to write It was a time in my life that, uh When Kimo pa**ed away it was just such a devastating time And I remember being home at the Christmas break And I went upstairs into my sister Nicole's room and I just wrote these lyrics And they just poured out of me and it turned into many different things And it was my way of releasing all that pain Rikki and Bobby and C.C. allowed me to just keep the song the way it was Which I'm very thankful for and a very good friend of ours Bruce Fairburn, who produced this song just let it the way it was He loved it and it was beautiful and also Bruce Fairburn had recently pa**ed away So this song, while doing this really, really means a lot to me Song (5:18) 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