Randy Travis

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Rhythm	9.8
Melody	9.8
Instruments	10.0
Lyrics	10.0
Vocal	10.0
This song has been reviewed 10 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.

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Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses Lyrics

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Song details
Title	Three Wooden Crosses
Artist	Randy Travis
Album	Rise and Shine (2002) , Track 5 , The Very Best of Randy Travis [Warner Bros./Rhino] (2004) , Track 20 , I Told You So - The Ultimate Hits Of Randy Travis (2 CD) (2009) , Track 6
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Song lyrics

Send "Three Wooden Crosses" ringtones to your cell

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

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

That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres
The faith an' love for growin' things in his young son's heart
And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children
Did her best to give 'em 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.

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

That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday
As he held that blood-stained bible up, for all of us to see
He said: "Bless the farmer, and the teacher, and that preacher
Who gave this Bible to my mamma, who 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
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It's what you leave behind you when you go.

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

Send "Three Wooden Crosses" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by Trevor

lyrics corrected by jesussaves1787 on 02-03-2006

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22-05-2004 05:59 2hoTT2HandLe150
12 posts	It's an awesome song! It makes you think that there's more to life, then we thought............
13-06-2004 19:22 applecoregirl
124 posts	I cry each time I hear this song. It took me a while to figure out the end of the song, but I love it and it's really sad.
29-06-2004 17:12 applecoregirl
124 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Okay, so someone sent me an email that said that they didn't understand it. So I'll explain it. Randy Travis sings this song. (I'm not sure if this song is true, so you'll have to check this out by yourself.) Anyway, he is saying that he sits in church on Sunday, and Randy's preacher holds the blood-stained Bible up. Randy's preacher says, "Bless the farmer, and the teacher, and the preacher, who gave this Bible to my mama, who read it to me." So the preacher on Sunday is saying that his mom was the hooker on the bus and his mom read the Bible to him after the preacher on the bus gave it to her (the hooker). I hope that answered your question. Very confusing, but neat once you get it.
27-08-2004 01:39 mychan
12 posts	omg i love it sooo much omgoodness...oh and if you want to listen to it(if you already know about this web site then dont shoot me) go here http://www.stinalisa.com/WoodenCrosses.html it is a beautiful song. It just goes to show even if you are a great person even the people that make the wrong dessions can be saved...
30-11-2004 22:06 kentuckygirl04
56 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this is a wonderful song!! i love it!! it does tell u there is more to life!!
03-03-2005 20:00 kentuckygirl04
56 posts	i love this song!! once u get the song it has a great message!!
06-03-2005 02:51 blondeMSgal
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song is soo great!!! i absolutely love it..n for all the ppl who have ever heard..i think yall would agree with me!! its the best!
24-03-2005 21:42 monkey_lover18
27 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal The song also talks about how the hooker was the only one who survived the reck.And it goes to show that Jesus christ is real and will spare your life if he thinks its nesisary P.s I love the song
24-03-2005 21:48 Pippin247
2,777 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal What a great song
01-06-2005 00:34 flamingo_xoxo
42 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song is absolutely amazing. i love it soo much! reaaal sweeet.
12-07-2005 23:31 Sexytractor
28 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal good song. goes to show you not to be a hooker. haha. love it. sorry surferbaby, but the hooker is the one that lives!!! dumass
28-07-2005 16:55 amy2266
537 posts	this songs kinda sad but i love it!! and the reason theres only 3 crosses and not 4 is cuz the hooker didnt die
13-01-2006 16:21 jesussaves1787
57 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Excuse me Sexytractor! But you don't come to a area where most of the people who are going to be here at this song are christians, and you use that word. I really don't apprectiate it! Anyways getting to the song. This is a really great song with a strong message. It shows us, that even though we may not understand why things happen the way they do. Like we might not understand why God allowed a woman who was deep in sin up to her eyeballs, to live, over a Pastor who spent his whole life in service to the Lord. But God had a reason. He saw that great things could happen in the future if he allowed the hooker to live and the pastor die. This is truly a great song.
07-08-2006 16:41 ashy8513
2 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal you are so right jesussaves! God can save anyone who seeks Him no matter how deep in sin they are.And " tractor "girl, please watch your words.
19-03-2007 14:27 jakefrog
1 posts	Hey, i love this song and i want use it on a preach that ill do. BUT, im from brazil, and my english its not good at all to translate this last phrase: That driver never ever saw the stop sign -->An eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime.-- Can some1 tell me what means that??? Thanks Very much God Bless u'll!
07-11-2008 18:51 nicholia
11 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this is a great song