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2023**lf**Writer(s): Michael Hardy, Renee Blair, Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt**lf**(feat. Lainey Wilson)**lf****lf**I got turned around in some little town**lf**I''d never been to before**lf**Working my way through a middle-of-June**lf**Midnight thunderstorm**lf****lf**There was something in the headlights**lf**It stopped me on a dime**lf**Well, she was scared to death, so I said**lf**''Climb in'' and in she climbed**lf**Oh, yeah**lf****lf**Well, she was bruised and broke from head to toe**lf**With a tear in her blood-stained shirt**lf**She didn''t tell the whole truth, but she didn''t have to**lf**I knew what had happened to her**lf****lf**I didn''t load her down with questions**lf**That girl had been through enough**lf**I just threw it in drive, looked in those eyes**lf**And I asked her where he was**lf****lf**I don''t know if he''s an angel**lf**''Cause angels don''t do what he did**lf**He was hellbent to find the man behind**lf**All the whiskey scars I hid**lf****lf**I never thought my day of justice**lf**Would come from a judge under a seat**lf**But I knew right then I''d never get hit again**lf**When he said to me**lf****lf**Wait in the truck**lf**Just wait in the truck**lf****lf**Well, I knocked and knocked and no one came**lf**So, I kicked in his double-wide door**lf**I let the hammer drop before he got**lf**To that twelve he was reaching for**lf****lf**I didn''t try to hide my pistol**lf**I didn''t even try to run**lf**I just sat on the porch smoking one of his cigarettes**lf**And waited for the cops to come**lf****lf**I don''t know if he''s an angel**lf**''Cause angels don''t do what he did**lf**He was hellbent to find the man behind**lf**All the whiskey scars I hid**lf****lf**I never thought my day of justice**lf**Would come from a judge under a seat**lf**But I knew right then I''d never get hit again**lf**When he said to me**lf****lf**Wait in the truck**lf**Just wait in the truck**lf**Whoa (whoa)**lf**Have mercy on me, Lord**lf**Have mercy on me**lf**Have mercy on me (hey), Lord**lf****lf**It''s been sixty months and she still comes**lf**To see me from time to time**lf**It was worth the price to see a brighter side**lf**Of the girl I picked up that night**lf****lf**And I might be here forever**lf**It ain''t paradise that''s true**lf**But it''s whole hell of a lot better**lf**Than the place I sent him to, yeah**lf****lf**Thank you!**lf****lf**(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me)**lf**Wait in the truck (have mercy on me)**lf**Just wait in the truck**lf****lf**(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me)**lf**Wait in the truck (Lord, have mercy)**lf**Just wait in the truck**lf**(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me)**lf**Have mercy on me, Lord**lf**Have mercy on me**lf**(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me)**lf**Have mercy on me, Lord**lf**(Have mercy on me)**lf**(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me)**lf**Wait in the truck**lf**Just wait in the truck**lf**(Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me)**lf**Wait in the truck**lf**Just wait in the truck (have mercy)