I Was Heading to the Local Bar

• I was heading to the Local bar
• hadn't made it very far
• when this guy calls over to me
• I said "hey what you want Jack?"
• hoping that he had some crack
• or maybe a little grass to get me by

• but what he had I didn't want
• and I started getting hot
• as he kept talking about the love of God
• he said that I was ruled by sin
• it caused all of my hurt within
• but Jesus came just to set me free

• I said man I don't need your lies
• your crutches and your alibis
• I'm doing just fine on my own
• I know Jesus was a good man
• but I'm just doing the best I can
• or maybe a little grass to get me by

• I decided that I had had enough
• told him he could keep that stuff
• and headed back on my way
• when he said something that caught my ear
• cut through the pride and fear
• words that still echo in my mind

• Jesus loves you
• Jesus loves even you
• Jesus loves you
• even when you don't want him to

• well those words rushed through my brain
• I found myself turning back again
• even though I knew it was a waste of time
• we stepped behind this tree
• had to make sure my friends didn't see
• and I told the man to lay it on the line

• well the rest of the story is kinda long
• never would fit inside this song
• but lay it on the line is what he done
• God hanging on a tree
• dying there just for me
• I never knew that it was really true

• now that day is long since past
• I wasn't the first nor the last
• to learn of the love that God has for me
• but I thank God everyday
• for what that man had to say
• of the Love of the Lord in my life

• now I still hit the bars
• but I'm no longer chasing stars
• I've more important things on my mind
• sitting next to a friend of mine
• we talk of life and pass the time
• waiting for a chance just to say:

• Jesus loves you
• Jesus loves even you
• Jesus loves you
• even when you don't want him to