Salvation Works

Album: Playing With Fire (2016)
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  • She's a woman on a mission, always in the church
    If you need a ride into town, her offer is the first
    Yeah she thinks that if she's perfect, she can outrun all the hurt
    But that ain't how salvation works

    That steeple still needs paintin', they're out there cuttin' grass
    There's a two line Sunday sermon, she'll miss 'cause she drives too fast
    And the message on the marquee, reflected in the glass
    Is every sinner has a future and every saint has a past

    He's a man with a memory that turned into a curse
    Keeps every bottle empty until he's numbed down to the nerve
    He thinks that forgiveness is reserved for soles like hers
    But that ain't how salvation works

    That steeple still needs paintin', they're out there cuttin' grass
    There's a two line Sunday sermon, she'll miss 'cause she drives too fast
    And the message on the marquee, reflected in the glass
    Is every sinner has a future and every saint has a past

    I can quote the bible, the chapter or the verse
    And heavens just a promise for those left here on Earth
    But I believe that God loves us more then we deserve
    And I hope that's how
    Yeah, I hope that's how
    I hope that's how salvation works
    Salvation works
    Oh, I hope that's how
    I hope that's how Writer/s: Brandy Lynn Clark, Jennifer Nettles, Lori McKenna
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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