When I was a kid, I used to buy and sell gravity I knew how to fly and I would teach you for a fee Broke every window in my hotel heart When I was only five years old, but twelve years scarred And I'd hear the same voice echo in my mind It'd say: Son, you've got an angel that'd chase the devil at night Yeah When I was a kid, my grandfather was a preacher He'd talk about God, yeah, he was something like a teacher He said: God only helps those who learn to help themselves He was a million miles from a million dollars But you could never spend his wealth I took a little faith and put it in a parking lot I drove to a strange town full of have and have-nots And as I walked through that storybook life I've been looking for an angel who'd chase the devil at night Oh-oh-oh-oh When I was a kid, my grandfather was a preacher He'd talk about love, yeah, he was something like a teacher He said: God only helps those who learn to help themselves He was a million miles from a million dollars But you could never spend his wealth Oh-oh-whoa-oh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Oh-whoa-ooh Wave, put your hands up and hands down Wave, put your hands up and hands down Wave, put your hands up and hands down When I was a kid, my grandfather was a preacher He'd talk about life, yeah, he was something like a teacher He said: God only helps those who learn to help themselves He was a million miles from a million dollars But you could never spend his wealth He was a million miles from a million dollars But you could never spend his wealth