Jim came walkin' down the road Singin' songs and hummin' on hymn tunes Though he'd never set foot in a church on Sunday morning The smile on his face looked kinda outta place Considerin' the looks of his shirt and shoes Made me wonder what kept him going
Spent most of his lonely young days Working' downtown in the sawmill And a childhood is somethin' he's never known All the extra time he had on his mind Every now and then his heart would spill And he'd start singin' all the way home
Chorus And he'd sing I, I don't know much But I know a Love And one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair Sippin' lemonade, love lives there
Round 'bout that time the bells chimed And the church doors flew open And a whole herd of saints came runnin' along Jim's way Talkin' 'bout salvation, hope and love And everything else they didn't know about And when they saw Jim all of that changed
Now it takes a special kind of man To avoid a confrontation And everywhere Jimmy looked he had nowhere to go They started throwin' out names, Throwin' punches, and throwin' laughter And when they were through, blood was drippin' from his nose
Chorus And he sang I, I've heard about blood I think it stands for Love And one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair Sippin' lemonade, loves lives there
Now Jim knew what he had inside of him And wouldn't hear nothin' different The moral to the story is he just keeps on keepin' on Now he ain't whitewashed, You won't find him on the corner prayin' He just knows his Love and knows his song
Chorus And he sings I, I got all I want 'Cause I've got my love And one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair Sippin' lemonade, love lives there Yeah, one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair Sippin' lemonade, love lives there Yeah, one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair Sippin' lemonade, love lives there