Lights are shining bright, it's always downtown on the road I have friends that come from outta town asking 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 morning 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 morning 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