Josh Turner The Way He Was Raised Lyrics

(Josh Turner, Mark Narmore and Bobby Tomberlin)
He always wore those worn out flip-flops
Spent hours in His daddy's workshop
He loved being on the water
Fishing with His friends

He always listened to the old folks
When they'd tell stories and crack jokes
Didn't talk back to His Mamma
When she got on to Him

Oh, that's just the way He was raised
Had to finish all His chores
'fore He could go outside and play
They always went to church
That's where He learnt how to pray
And that's just the way He was raised

He grew his hair out when He got older
Grew it clear down to His shoulders
Started hanging with the outcasts
When He went off to town
Some called Him a troublemaker
Even some said a law breaker
No matter how they talked about Him
He never put nobody down

Cos that's just the way He was raised
When people start to gossip
He'd just walk away
He always loved His neighbour
No matter what they'd say
Oh, that's just the way He was raised
On a cross, on a hill that long- haired boy was killed
All our sins washed away when He walked out of that grave
Oh, that's just the way He was raised
There's no way we can measure
The sacrifice He made
He knew He had to die
For our debt to be paid
Oh, that's just the way He was raised
It took the hand of God to roll the stone away
And that's just the way He was raised
Yeah, that's just the way He was raised