Down the street where i grew up
Momma used to send me over with things
We struck a freindship up
I spent a few long summers out on his old porch swing
Says he was in the war when in the navy
Lost his wife, lost his baby
Broke down and asked him one time
How ya keep from going crazy
He said I'll see my wife and son in just a little while
I asked him what he meant
He looked at me and smiled, said
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I raise my hands, bow my head
I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life than just what i can see
Oh i believe
Few years later i was off at college
Talkin' to mom on the phone one night
Getting all caught up on the gossip
The ins and outs of the small town life
She said oh by the way son, old man Wrigley's died.
Later on that night, i laid there thinkin' back
Thought 'bout a couple long-lost summers
I didn't know whether to cry or laugh
If there was ever anybody desevred a ticket to the other side
It'd be that sweet old man who looked me in the eye, said
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I raise my hands, bow my head
I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life than just what i can see
I can't quote the book
The chapter or the verse
You can't tell me it all ends
In a slow ride in a hearse
You know I'm more and more convinced
The longer that i live
Yeah, this can't be
No, this can't be
No, this can't be all there is
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When I raise my hands, bow my head
I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life than just what i can see
I believe
Oh, I
I believe
I believe
I believe
I believe
I believe
老Wrigley的家是那棟白色的房子，
就在街的那兒頭，我也在那條街長大。
母親常打發我帶著東西過去，
我們成了好朋友。
坐在他門廊的舊搖椅上，
多少個夏季就這樣過去。
他給我講戰爭那會兒他參加了海軍，
戰爭奪去了他的妻兒。
有壹次我忍不住問他，
妳會想她們嗎？
他說：我很快就能
見到我的妻子和孩子，
我問那是什麽意思，
他看著我然後笑著說：
我舉起雙手低下頭，
就能看到越來越多的
生活中的驚喜。
它們告訴我生活中妳擁有的
比妳想象的要多，
哦，我相信。
沒過幾年我大學畢業，
壹天晚上和母親通電話，
聊的都是平常的瑣事，
小鎮生活的壹些細節，
她說：哦，孩子還有壹件事，
老Wrigley去世了。
那個晚上我輾轉反側，
心裏想著那些久遠的夏天，
說不清是欣慰還是難過。
如果有壹個人
註定會拿到去往另壹個世界的車票，
那壹定就是我的老Wrigley。
他看著我說：
我舉起雙手低下頭，
就能看到越來越多的
生活中的驚喜，
它們告訴我生活中妳擁有的
比妳想象的要多。
我不會引經據典，
文章或詩歌，
可妳不能對我說在那輛馬車的靈柩裏，
壹切都已結束。
妳知道我愈加深信，
當我活得愈久，
可這不是結束，
不，這不是結束，
不，這不是壹切。
我舉起雙手低下頭，
就能看到越來越多的
生活中的驚喜，
它們告訴我生活中妳擁有的
比妳想象的要多。
我相信。
噢，我，
我相信。
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