Desperate Man - Nathan Lee Jackson (karaoke)

Confessions

He was a poor young man
with a gun in his hand
pointed straight at me
i looked him in the eye
鈥榥' saw the rest of his life
in prison or dyin' on the streets
i saw him bein' born
to a mama hooked on drugs
foster homes
and dead end roads
i saw everything but love
i gave him all i had
but before he turned and ran, i said

chorus
god loves a desperate man
someone whose dyin' for a hand
a broken heart, a tremblin' soul
someone who has nowhere else to go鈥?but him
god loves a desperate man

it stopped him in his tracks
he began to laugh
he said 鈥渕an, you're such a fool
i could shoot you down
right here, right now
and that's what i'm gonna do鈥?
he raised that big black gun
and waved it in my face
he couldn't miss
but somehow he did
as i stood there and prayed, yea

(repeat chorus)

bridge
i guess that i should hate a thief
who tried to take my life that day
but he was just lost soul
and aren't we all in our own way

(repeat chorus)
god loves a desperate man