Couplet 1

I was a small town joke
Without hope
Just trying to find my way
I was the fool that lived
With the consequence
Of all of my mistakes
I was a guilty man
In my Sunday best
Sweatin’ in all my shame
If the road I was on
Hadn’t led headlong
Into amazing grace

Refrain

I would’ve been a lost cause
Would’ve been written off
But there’s a hope
That don’t give in
I should’ve been a long gone
Nowhere to call home
But there's a peace
That never ends
When I couldn't see
He rescued me
Oh aint it just like Jesus
To love me where I am
And not just leave me
Where I could've been

Couplet 2

I’d still be wakin up
Down on my luck
Sleeping in the bed I’d made
I was as bad as the worst
My name was a curse
Just wastin my whole life away
And then one day
I got outta my way
Gave the good Lord above my life
If it wasnt for that rugged cross
And the mercy of Jesus Christ

Refrain

I would’ve been a lost cause
Would’ve been written off
But there’s a hope
That don’t give in
I should’ve been a long gone
Nowhere to call home
But there's a peace
That never ends
When I couldn't see
He rescued me
Oh aint it just like Jesus
To love me where I am
And not just leave me
Where I could've been

Couplet 3

When I’m looking back
On my crazy past
Only thing I’ve got figured out
The trails I blazed
Mistakes I made
Doesn’t change what He’s doing right now

Refrain

I would’ve been a lost cause
Would’ve been written off
But there’s a hope
That don’t give in
I should’ve been a long gone
Nowhere to call home
But there's a peace
That never ends
When I couldn't see
He rescued me
Oh aint it just like Jesus
To love me where I am
And not just leave me
Where I could've been