[00:12.97]Closest I’ve ever been to
[00:16.09]meetin’ Jesus was when
[00:17.90]
[00:19.08]Me and Bobby Pinson put up
[00:21.46]our pink slips on Blue Hole Road
[00:24.51]
[00:28.45]My needle showin’ ninety,
[00:30.00]I flew right by him
[00:33.31]
[00:34.12]Lighting fast ‘til I had
[00:36.62]a bad Goodyear blow
[00:38.55]
[00:39.18]That ol’ Chevy rolled and
[00:41.86]rolled and I know
[00:43.42]Heaven must’ve heart the words
[00:47.60]beneath my breath and I
[00:49.29]Thank God I ain’t there yet
[00:53.40]
[00:54.53]That’s the closest I’ve ever been
[00:58.15]To never seein’ my momma again
[01:00.39]
[01:01.08]Found out quick how precious life is
[01:03.89]Drive my new truck a little slower than I did
[01:07.15]That’s the smallest I’ve ever felt
[01:10.33]That’s the furthest I’ve ever fell
[01:13.26]Not too far to find out how life ends
[01:16.95]
[01:20.63]That’s the closest I’ve ever been
[01:22.87]
[01:34.98]Closest I’ve ever been to
[01:37.10]
[01:37.85]bein’ the devil’s friend was when
[01:40.41]
[01:41.22]Shelly gave in to me and
[01:43.54]him down by the river
[01:47.28]
[01:50.02]I gave her my heart and my jacket,
[01:53.20]
[01:53.76]still ain’t got ‘em back yet
[01:56.57]She left me hurtin’ and searchin’ for
[02:00.33]love or liquor or whatever
[02:02.14]
[02:03.20]Quicker than I could say sin I slipped
[02:06.82]
[02:07.38]further in than I was plannin’
[02:10.56]I never shook the devil’s hand,
[02:13.81]but I drank his whiskey and
[02:15.75]I loved his women
[02:17.32]That’s the closest I’ve ever been
[02:20.07]To tellin’ God to hell with Him
[02:22.94]Goin’ down in flames,
[02:24.37]and layin’ the blame
[02:26.06]Why would He ever let her walk away
[02:28.37]
[02:28.93]That’s the smallest I’ve ever felt
[02:32.11]That’s the furthest I’ve ever fell
[02:34.61]
[02:35.17]But not too far for God to forgive
[02:37.66]
[02:40.59]And I thank God that’s the
[02:44.09]closest I’ve ever been
[02:45.71]
[02:50.77]Got it all behind me and
[02:53.64]every day I’m findin’
[02:56.45]Another way to be the best man I can
[02:59.44]
[03:04.06]And I’m the closest I’ve ever been
[03:06.80]
[03:10.43]Closest I’ve ever been,
[03:12.92]
[03:20.40]closest I’ve ever been