Will Hoge - The Other Side lyrics

In the town where I was born Well, the streets were cold and black If you'd get to the other side of town You'd hope you never would come back Just across that old railroad track With the houses so big and lights so bright My father and I'd sit with our eyes closed And dream to be on the other side 'Cause on the other side Nobody seems to long for anything Hear their sweet voice laughing Just as gentle as the angels sing And on the other side Nothing's borrowed and surely nothing's owed I hope to one day find out What it's like on the other side My father worked from dawn 'Til the sun went down And his hands were hard as steel But still after 20 years of working He could barely make enough to pay the bills Then one night he laid us all in bed Tucked me in and kissed my mom goodnight Shut out the light and I thought I heard him crying And he whispered, "I'll make it all alright." So at a liquor store out by the interstate He took the money and he gunned 3 rich men down But the blue lights and badges All were flashing before he turned the car around And the judge said, "For this you will die son." And my mother asked my father "Why?" Hung his head and softly he did tell her "So one day we might see the other side." 'Cause on the other side Nobody seems to long for anything Hear their sweet voice laughing Just as gentle as the angels sing And on the other side Nothing's borrowed and surely nothing's owed I hope to one day find out What it's like on the other side Sometimes as I lay here in bed And the rain falls in the deep dark night My father comes here as I'm dreaming And I know he's on the other side