Feb 1 • MUSIC
Man In the Middle by Russell A. Taylor
Verse 1
Three crosses on a hard dirt hill, wind cuttin’ like a blade
We were thieves and we were finished, gettin’ back what we got paid
One cussed at God and iron, spit and laughed through broken teeth
I just hung there watchin’ daylight leakin’ out of me
Verse 2
I’d run wild down back roads, lied when truth would do
Stole what wasn’t mine to take, hurt folks I never knew
Now my hands were pinned wide open, couldn’t hide what I’d become
And that’s when I looked over at the Man in the middle one
Chorus
The Man in the middle said I could come home
Ain’t had nothin’ but a whisper and a heart of stone
No time to make it right, no good left to show
Just a beat-up prayer, “Don’t leave me here alone”
He said, “Today.” Not “someday.” Not “when you get control.”
The Man in the middle said I could come home
Verse 3
The other one kept hollerin’, “If you’re God, then prove it now
Get us down and save us, show these people anyhow”
But the Man in the middle stayed quiet, took it all on the chin
Like He’d come to carry more than nails and skin
Verse 4
I said, “We earned what’s comin’, you and me, we know it’s true
But He ain’t done a thing wrong, He don’t deserve this too”
Then I swallowed all my pride, and with my last bit of breath
I said, “Remember me, Lord, when You step past death”
Chorus
The Man in the middle said I could come home
Ain’t had nothin’ but a whisper and a heart of stone
No time to make it right, no good left to show
Just a beat-up prayer, “Don’t leave me here alone”
He said, “Today.” Not “someday.” Not “when you get control.”
The Man in the middle said I could come home
Bridge
No altar, no water, no money, no name
Just a busted man starin’ straight at grace
And He met me right there where the shame lives at
Turned my last wrong turn into a welcome back
Final Chorus
The Man in the middle said I could come home
Right in the dirt, right in the hurt, right down to the bone
No prettied-up story, no long road to roam
Just mercy in a sentence that pulled me out the cold
He said, “Son, you’re with Me.” Like I was always known
The Man in the middle said I could come home
Outro
Yeah, the Man in the middle said I could come home.
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Man In the Middle by Russell A. Taylor
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