Poison — Something to Believe In Acoustic Version

[Verse 1] I came home from school on Tuesday To find my mother gone Why she left I'll never know It seemed like they got along But one of these days I'd like to know Just where it all went wrong A woman torn to tears asks Who the real criminals are When they told her her husband died Fightin' in another country's drug wars She said "It isn't the kids on the streets without a dream Shootin' up the dealers' smack It's them red tape politicians takin' all the drug lords' kickbacks" Isn't it funny what power and money Can do to the soul of a man? [Chorus] And give me somethin' to believe in, yeah If there's a Lord above Ah, give me somethin' to believe in, yeah If there's a Lord above [Verse 2] He got a second job at night now Just to help pay the bills And there he worked for the rest of his life Because his wife had taken ill Now he lives on a bottle of courage He buys at the liquor store He did his family real good Until he couldn't do it anymore Whatever he found or why he broke down No one's really sure [Chorus] Just needed somethin' to believe in If there's a Lord above He needed somethin' to believe in, yeah Oh Lord arise [Bridge] The tracks of society's race show on the old man's face His eyes, blood red, laid to waste [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Well, the mirror tells a different story Than the one that's playin' in my mind Every time I swear I'm lookin' younger The more lines that I find I guess I learned to trade youth for wisdom And lust in for romance It's all written in the stages and phases Of life's little dance But when I want to bitch about growin' old I think, 'How many never had a chance?' [Chorus] It gives me somethin' to believe in, yeah Oh Lord arise It gives me somethin' to believe in, yeah Oh Lord, Lord arise Somethin' to believe in Oh Lord above It gives me somethin' to believe in, yeah Oh Lord arise [Outro] Sometimes I wish I didn't know now things I didn't know then And give me something to believe in, yeah, yeah