Lights are shining bright

It′s always downtown on the road

I have friends that come from outta townAsking me to go

They say, "There's so much going on

Why don′t you come along and show us around?"

I tell them Karen's not feeling well

So I probably shouldn't go out

Besides I′ve gotta fix a list of things

I need to do around the house

Then I hang up the phone

Turn the radio back on, and sit back down

I know my boy ain′t here but he ain't gone

In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen

Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition

Go outside, sit by myself but I ain′t alone

I've got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost

I′ve been beat up

I been pushed and shoved

But never ever really knocked down

Between mom and dad, Uncle Sam and friends

I somehow always pulled out

But the pain of this was more

Than I'd ever felt before, yeah I was broke

I cried and cried and cried

Until I passed out on the floor

Then I prayed and prayed and prayed

Till I thought I couldn′t pray anymore

And minute by minute, day by day

My God, He gave me hope

I know my boy ain't here but he ain't gone

In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen

Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition

Go outside, sit by myself but I ain′t alone

See, I′ve got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost

I hope, I love, I pray, I cry

I heal a little more each day inside

I won't completely heal till I go home

In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen

Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition

Go outside, sit by myself but I ain′t alone

I've got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost

One day I′ll wake up and I'll be home

With the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost