Verse 1
Well that steel was cold and hard, when they slapped them on my wrist
17 headed straight to jail, drunk on half a fifth
Daddy drove down to the jailhouse, said I ain’t gonna bail you out
Between these steel bars and mamma’s broken heart, here’s something you can think about
Chorus:
He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a little help
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
Verse
I went to my best friend’s funeral, he left a wife and two young kids
I guess his reasons for dying got bigger than his reason to live
That preacher’s voice faded in the rain and tears that day
Until all I heard were my daddy’s words as we gathered round to pray
Chorus:
He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a little help
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
Verse
Back roads Sunday morning, I was hit with Amazing Grace
I heard a story ‘bout a carpenter and tear rolled down my face
I saw that cross and God’s only son with his hands nailed to the wood
And I thought of the years that brought me here and I finally understood
Chorus:
He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
The greatest gift that a man can give is dying for someone else
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
Well that steel was cold and hard, when they slapped them on my wrist
17 headed straight to jail, drunk on half a fifth
Daddy drove down to the jailhouse, said I ain’t gonna bail you out
Between these steel bars and mamma’s broken heart, here’s something you can think about
Chorus:
He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a little help
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
Verse
I went to my best friend’s funeral, he left a wife and two young kids
I guess his reasons for dying got bigger than his reason to live
That preacher’s voice faded in the rain and tears that day
Until all I heard were my daddy’s words as we gathered round to pray
Chorus:
He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
Got too much pride to lift his eyes up to heaven for a little help
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
Verse
Back roads Sunday morning, I was hit with Amazing Grace
I heard a story ‘bout a carpenter and tear rolled down my face
I saw that cross and God’s only son with his hands nailed to the wood
And I thought of the years that brought me here and I finally understood
Chorus:
He said a many a man by his own two hands bring a hurting on himself
The greatest gift that a man can give is dying for someone else
Now everybody needs forgiveness, cause even a good man fails
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails
The Good Lord’s building mansions, the devil’s just driving nails