Song Lyrics

Gave my soul to Jesus when I was 12,
At 18 I was banging on the gates of hell
Guess the preacher didn't hold me under long enough that day,
Or maybe that ole muddy water couldn't wash my sins away.

Fresh out of the cotton field into the fire,
Thought I lost daddy's blessing down that road of desire
And my first taste of whiskey in Memphis, Tennessee,
It's a long way back to Georgia,
When you're crawling on your knees.

Chorus:
Daddy, fatten up the calf I hope it's not too late for that,
And everything that's come to pass since I was 17
At that little kitchen table I know there's a place for me,
I was lost a while but now I finally see,
How amazing grace can be.

Verse 2:
Me and my older brother were like day and night,
It seems like he could do no wrong and I could do no right
If he had a dollar we me I needed 10,
Just so I could feel like I was half as good as him.

Last night I heard a voice I hadn't heard in years,
Said if you don't find it out there son,
You're always welcome here.

Jimmy Melton, Neal Coty

The duration of How Amazing Grace Can Be is 3:33 minutes and seconds.