[ti:I Came Here To Live] [ar:Trace Adkins] [al:American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II] [by:LK歌词组] [00:-2.00]Trace Adkins - I Came Here To Live [00:-1.00] [00:00.00] LK歌词组 Kevin Boul 制作 [00:05.00]BY Larry Cheng & Kevin Boul [00:10.00] [00:12.12]I grew up in a town where tough was a cigarette [00:17.87]And a souped up car on a county road [00:23.55]Nothin' much to do back then [00:25.59]So we'd make bets [00:29.39]On how much drink a guy could hold [00:32.88]And I held my own [00:39.20]Learn to hold my own [00:40.98] [00:46.29]Daddy works some dead-end job at the concrete plant [00:51.63]Mama taught the Sunday bible class [00:57.71]For eighteen years I remember thinkin' [01:03.83]There was more to life than that [01:06.25]So I ran the streets to beat the Devil [01:11.71]Goin' just as fast as I could fly [01:18.04]'Cause I came here to live [01:23.64]I didn't come here to die [01:25.37] [01:31.65]Mama used to wait for me with the porch light on [01:36.84]Worried about her little boy 'til I got home [01:43.26]Daddy he'd say listen son [01:46.02]But back then there wasn't much [01:49.71]That I didn't already know [02:00.34]I reckon I was doing close to 80 [02:03.24] [02:05.23]When I felt the tire slip out from under me [02:10.86]And I never set out lookin' for Jesus [02:16.82]So I guess Jesus come lookin' for me [02:20.34]And He found me upset down in a ditch [02:25.43]Smokin' gas in my eyes [02:31.56]And He said son you came here to live [02:37.21]You didn't come here to die [02:39.01] [02:44.95]Sunday morning I got up and I went to church [02:50.78]That summer I got a job and I went to work [02:57.08]Met a girl in town put some money down [03:01.50]On a little house with a yard [03:05.27] [03:13.41]Our little boy was due in September [03:19.38]But he came early in July [03:25.08]For eighteen days all I remember [03:31.26]Was settin' there at his side [03:33.69]Sayin' son open up your eyes [03:39.85]Just open up your eyes [03:45.43]'Cause you came here to live [03:51.10]You didn't come here to die [03:56.53]Son you came here to live [04:00.49] [04:02.47] LK歌词组 Kevin Boul 制作