Three Wooden Crosses

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A farmer and a teacher, a hooker 
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and a preacher, ridin' on a
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midnight bus, bound for Mexico.
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One was headed for vacation, one 
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for higher education, and
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two of them were searchin' for 
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lost souls.
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That driver never, ever saw the 
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stopsign, and eighteen-
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wheelers can't stop on a dime.

Chorus:
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There are three wooden crosses on 
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the right side of the highway.
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Why there's not four of them 
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heaven only knows.
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I guess it's not what you take when
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 you leave this world behind you.
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It's what you leave behind you 
      C
when you go.

That farmer left a harvest, a home 
and eighty acres, a 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 and 
did
her best to give'm 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.

Chorus:


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That's a story that our preacher 
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told last Sunday, as he held that
blood-stained Bible up for all

of us to see.  He said,
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"Bless the farmer and the teacher 
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and the preacher
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who gave this Bible to my mama, who
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 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 go.

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There are three wooden crosses on 
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the right side of the highway.