Three Wooden Crosses is one of the most popular songs of the time. Three Wooden Crosses lyrics written by Kim Williams / Doug Johnson. This song has sung by Randy Travis
| Singer | Randy Travis |
| Released | 2002 |
| Album | Rise And Shine |
| Tuning | E A D G B E |
Three Wooden Crosses Song Lyrics
A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher
Ridin’ on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
One’s headed for vacation, one for higher education
And two of them were searchin’ for lost souls
That driver never ever saw the stop sign
And eighteen wheelers can’t stop on a dime..
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There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there’s not four of them, Heaven only knows
I guess it’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It’s what you leave behind you when you go..
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That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres
The faith and love for growin’ things in his young son’s heart
And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children
Did her best to give ’em all a better start
And that preacher whispered, “Can’t you see the Promised Land?”
As he laid his blood-stained bible in that hooker’s hand…
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There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there’s not four of them, Heaven only knows
I guess it’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It’s what you leave behind you when you go…
******
That’s the story that our preacher told last Sunday
As he held that blood-stained bible up
For all of us to see
He said “Bless the farmer, and the teacher, and the preacher
Who gave this Bible to my mama
Who read it to me”
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There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there’s not four of them, now I guess we know
It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It’s what you leave behind you when you go
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway…
Three Wooden Crosses Song Chords
A FARMER AND A TEACHER, A HOOKER AND A PREACHER, RIDING ON A MIDNIGHT
BUS, BOUND FOR MEXICO. ONE WAS HEADED FOR VACATION, ONE FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION, AND TWO OF THEM WERE SEARCHING FOR LOST SOULS.
THAT DRIVER NEVER EVER SAW THE STOP SIGN, AND EIGHTEEN WHEELERS
CAN’T STOP ON A DIME.
THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
WHY THERE’S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT’S NOT WHAT YOU
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT’S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU
WHEN YOU GO.
THAT FARMER LEFT A HARVEST, A HOME AND EIGHTY ACRES. THE FAITH AND
LOVE FOR GROWING THINGS, IN HIS YOUNG SON’S HEART. AND THAT TEACHER LEFT
HER WISDOM, IN THE MINDS OF LOTS OF CHILDREN, DID HER BEST TO GIVE THEM ALL
BETTER START.
AND THAT PREACHER WHISPERED, CAN’T YOU SEE THE PROMISED LAND? AS HE
LAY HIS BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE IN THAT HOOKERS HANDS.
THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
WHY THERE’S NOT FOUR OF THEM, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS. I GUESS IT’S NOT WHAT YOU
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT’S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU
WHEN YOU
THAT’S THE STORY THAT OUR PREACHER TOLD LAST SUNDAY, AS HE HELD HIS
BLOOD-STAINED BIBLE UP, FOR ALL O
TEACHER, AND THAT PREACHER. WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE TO MY MOMMA, WHO READ IT TO ME.
THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.
WHY THERE’S NOT FOUR OF THEM, NOW I GUESS WE KNOW. IT’S NOT WHAT YOU
TAKE, WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND YOU, IT’S WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND YOU
WHEN YOU
THERE ARE, THREE WOODEN CROSSES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF… THE HIGHWAY.
