Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses (Live At Calvary Assemble Of God, Orlando, FL/2003)

♪ A farmer and a teacher, ♪ ♪ a hooker and a preacher ♪ ♪ riding on a midnight bus ♪ ♪ bound for Mexico. ♪ ♪ One was headed for vacation, ♪ ♪ one for higher education, ♪ ♪ and two of them were searching for lost souls. ♪ ♪ That driver never, ever saw the stop sign. ♪ ♪ And 18-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 80 acres, ♪ ♪ the faith and love for growing things ♪ ♪ in his young son's heart. ♪ ♪ And that teacher left her wisdom ♪ ♪ in the minds of lots of children ♪ ♪ and did her best to give them all a better start. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That preacher whispered, ♪ ♪ "Can't you see the promised land?" ♪ ♪ as he lay his blood-stained Bible ♪ ♪ in that hooker's hands. ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ "and that preacher ♪ ♪ "who gave this Bible to my mama, ♪ ♪ 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 you 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. ♪ [cheers and applause] Thank you. Thank you. All right. ♪ There are three wooden crosses ♪ ♪ on the right side of the highway. ♪ ♪ Why there's not four of them, ♪ ♪ now I guess you 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. ♪ [cheers and applause] Thank you. Thanks again.

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Length: 4min 11sec (251 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 20 2020