"Gettin' Off The Fence" lyrics

I grew up knowing right from wrong
Where I do and don't belong
Why do I keep asking myself why
One night shows and hotel bibles
Just became a vicious cycle
Now I'm chose to tell another lie

The way to sin that's on my soul
It's got me sinking like a stone
Thinking I'd be better if I drowned
I've hurt the ones I loved enough
Lord, if you're gonna call my bluff
I'm throwing in the towel, I'm stepping down

I've been swinging from the gates of hell
Lord knowing that you paid my bill
And a wiser man would know it don't make sense
You know the me that I can't hide
So what's the use in even trying
To pretend
I could live like this
I'm gettin' off the fence

I'm lukewarm on my better days
Only cause my mama praise
And sometimes that's the only prayer I get
All the years I've wasted
All the tears I've shed and tasted
Lord, just throw them on my pile of self regret

I've been swinging from the gates of hell
Lord knowing that you paid my bill
A wiser man would know it don't make sense
You know the me that I can't hide
So what's the use in even trying
To pretend
I could live like this
Gettin' off the fence

I gotta stop this train
I can't take this pain
I can't keep hurting her and I can't keep hurting me

I've been swinging from the gates of hell
Lord knowing that you paid my bill
And a wiser man would know it don't make sense
You know the me that I can't hide
So what's the use in even trying
To pretend
I could live like this
That a man can live like this
Gettin' off the fence

I grew up knowing right from wrong
Where I do and don't belong
Why do I keep asking myself why