The Unforgiven

Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised land
 He tells me to believe in Jesus
 And steals the money from my hand
 Some say he was a good man
 But Lord I think he sinned, yeah
 Twenty-two years of mental tears
 Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
 Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
 To find his country didn't want him back
 Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
 Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets
 In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget
 He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there
 Cause I never meant the things I did"
 And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord above
 And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise
 My best friend died a lonely man
 In some Palm Springs hotel room
 I got the call last Christmas Eve
 And they told me the news
 I tried all night not to break down and cry
 As the tears rolled down my face
 I felt so cold and empty
 Like a lost soul out of place
 And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again
 Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
 The things I didn't know then road you gotta take me home
 I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
 Like bodies in an open grave
 Underneath the broken old neon sign
 That used to read JESUS SAVES
 A mile away live the rich folks
 And I see how they're living it up
 While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
 The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup
 And it just makes me wonder why so many lose, so few win
 You take the high road and I'll take the low road
 Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now
 The things I didn't know then
 And give me something to believe in