C C C C [Verse 1] C Lights are shining bright, as always downtown on the row Am I have friends they come from outta town asking me to go F They say, "There's so much going on, C Why don't you come along and show us around?" C I tell them Karen's not feeling well so I probably shouldn't go out Am Besides I've gotta fix it list of things I need to do around the house F C Then I hang up the phone, turn the radio back on, and sit back down [Pre-Chorus] G F I know my boy ain't here but he ain't gone [Chorus] C In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen Am Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition F G Go outside, sit by myself but I ain't alone F G C I've got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost [Post-Chorus] C C [Verse 2] C I've been beat up, I been pushed and shoved but never ever really knocked down Am Between Mom and Dad, Uncle Sam and friends I somehow always pulled out F C But the pain of this was more than I'd ever felt before, yeah I was broke C I cried and cried and cried until I passed out on the floor Am Then I prayed and prayed and prayed till I thought I couldn't pray anymore F C Then minute by minute, day by day, my God, He gave me hope [Pre-Chorus] G F I know my boy ain't here but he ain't gone [Chorus] C In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen Am Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition F G Go outside, sit by myself but I ain't alone F G C See I've got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost [Bridge] Am I hope, I love, I pray, I cry G I heal a little more each day inside F Am F I won't completely heal till I go home [Chorus] C In the mornings I wake up, give her a kiss, head to the kitchen Am Pour a cup of wake-me-up and try to rouse up some ambition F G Go outside, sit by myself but I ain't alone F G C I've got the Father, my son, and the Holy Ghost [Outro] F G One day I'll wake up and I'll be home F G N.C. with the Father, my son and the Holy Ghost