The good town pastor said it was the result Of a wicked man, it wasn't her fault, see Her daddy cast a long shadow for a little man So she up and went with a big black eye, a stolen truck And a long-haired guy, who wasn't any better Than her daddy as she soon learned Six months of living outta Abilene, no hot water, No wedding ring, her hopes and dreams ran away With a waitress from town But he didn't leave her entirely alone She had desperation and a dead cell phone, She found out she was in a family way Six more months of scrapin' by, taking handouts From the ladies at the women's “Y” She left a nameless baby on the steps of a church
Heaven help me now my knees are weak There's only two footprints in the sand and they're both from me The water may be blue, but it's awful deep and I`ve very few Reasons to stop me from swimming out past the breakers
So she took a Greyhound two states south To the Galveston shores where she found out He was living by the beach but all she found was the sand Her vision blurred as she stared at the gulf She'd known hard times, but this was rough She'd always had a fear of the sea and it was calling her name Six more months of thumbing rides She got lost in Vegas and to her surprise Found the sun was colder in the desert than the winter inside
Heaven help me now my knees are weak There's only two footprints in the sand and they're both from me The water may be blue, but it's awful deep and I've very few Reasons to stop me from swimming out past the breakers
Oh, Lord can you let me in I'm tired now and I don't mean to sin I can't seem to get things right, and I think it's time to sleep She heard the ocean still calling her name And her neon life was driving her insane, So she loaded up a taxi and tipped him everything that she had She dropped her bags at an old Good Will That was two blocks off the Santa Monica pier She took off all her clothes and paddled for the edge of the sky
Heaven help me now my arms are weak I can barely stay afloat now, then I see A homeless man on the shore, I'd swear was Jesus Could I have one more, chance to make it back on past the breakers (Breakers, breakers)
It was dark when she woke on the edge of the sand remembered that she'd felt a hand Pull her from the deep of the sea.