His face was like leather,
His eyes like the sun,
His body bruised and battered,
And family he had none
The hair that he wore was white as snow,
The bloodstained boots from walking alone
I stood there and listened to every word of his song
And he sang like a bird,
And he played like an angel,
And he moved everybody,
With every spoken word
I said hey man,
I said hey man,
What's it take man,
Well tell me what the cost to preach
Between the tavern and the cross
The clothes that he wore were torn apart,
From the concrete and rocks,
That he laid upon
You can still see him smiling his troubles away.
Oh, I kept on going back to his dying day, yeah
Cause he sang like a bird,
And he played like an angel,
And he moved everybody with every spoken word.
I said hey man,
I said hey man,
What's it take man,
Well tell me what's the cost to preach,
Between the tavern and the cross
Said I have been here before, a long time ago,
But not in the same form,
But one you still might know.
For two thousand years,
I have been saving souls,
But now I have been tossed out of my own home
And I sang like a bird,
And I played like an angel,
Then I moved everybody with every spoken word
And I said hey man,
I said hey man,
What's it take man
Well tell me what's the cost
To preach,
Between the tavern and the cross,
Between the tavern and the cross,
The tavern and the cross