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,
yet twelve year scarred
But I'd hear the same voice echo in my mind
It'd say, "Son, you've got an angel
to chase the devil at night"
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 walk through that story-book life
I'll be looking for an angel to chase the devil out of mine
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
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