GRACE FOUND ME IN THE STREET [Intro — Spoken, low blues guitar] Yeah... I spent a long time thinking I was walking alone... Turns out... There were footprints beside mine the whole damn road... Jesus... This one's for You... [Verse 1] I came from the pavement where the hard hearts grow, Where you learn real young what you don't wanna show, Had anger in my blood, had some pride in my name, Thought being a man meant you swallowed the pain. I worked with my hands, put the fire to steel, Learned how to weld what was broke till the seam disappeared, Funny how I could fix damn near anything I could see, But there wasn't a torch hot enough to repair what was me. I said there ain't no God, ain't no heaven above, I spent forty-two years running away from His love, But Romans says while I was still lost in my sin, Christ died for a man who didn't believe in Him. [Pre-Chorus] I didn't find Jesus dressed up in white, He found me still swinging in the middle of the fight, I thought I was standing, but I lived on my knees, Till the Son broke the chains and the truth set me free. [Chorus] Grace found me in the street, Blood washed the dirt from my feet, I was lost, now the Shepherd knows my name, Walked through the valley, came out through the flame. If God be for me, tell me who can stand? I got scars on my soul and a Bible in my hand, The old man's dying every day that I breathe, 'Cause whom the Son sets free... Brother, he's free indeed. [Verse 2] I ain't gonna lie like the struggle disappeared, Still gotta fight that old man when he whispers in my ear, Still stumble with anger, still wrestle with pride, But there's a different damn Spirit living inside. See, faith without works is a body with no breath, So I can't just say "Jesus" then keep walking toward death, James put it plain, and it cut like a knife, If I tell you I've got faith, then I'll show you with my life. I went down in that water with the man I had been, Came back up knowing grace was greater than sin, Not saying I'm perfect, Lord knows that ain't true, I'm just not the same man that I was before You. [Pre-Chorus] You didn't call the righteous, You came for the sick, You built Your whole Kingdom with the stones we'd reject, So take this old sinner, every scar, every piece, Make a weapon for Heaven outta what used to be me. [Chorus] Grace found me in the street, Blood washed the dirt from my feet, I was lost, now the Shepherd knows my name, Walked through the valley, came out through the flame. If God be for me, tell me who can stand? I got scars on my soul and a Bible in my hand, The old man's dying every day that I breathe, 'Cause whom the Son sets free... Brother, he's free indeed. [Bridge — stripped down, dirty guitar and organ] Yea, though I walk through the valley of death... I ain't walking that valley alone... Got the Shepherd beside me... Got His Word in my bones... I spent years saying, "God ain't real..." Now I call Jesus King... That's what happens when a dead man's heart Starts beating again... You said, "Take up your cross..." So Lord, here's mine... You said, "Follow Me..." Till the end of my time... You said a tree's known By the fruit that it bears... So when this world looks at me, Lord... let 'em know You were there. [Breakdown — half spoken / half sung] I ain't preaching from a palace... I'm talking from scars... From long days working... And long nights in the dark... From a man who didn't want You... To a man who needs You near... Amazing grace sounds different... When you know why you're still here... [Final Chorus — full gospel backing vocals] GRACE FOUND ME IN THE STREET! Jesus put a dead man back on his feet! I was lost, but the Shepherd called my name, I went through the water and I ain't been the same! If God be for me, I know who I am, Not the man I once was, I'm becoming His man, And when that old darkness comes looking for me... I got the Word in my heart... Got Christ in my blood... Got my knees on the ground... And my eyes above... Whom the Son sets free... IS FREE INDEED. [Outro — lone guitar] Forty-two years running... And He still came looking for me... That's grace... That's Jesus Christ...
