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  • @kelcieyager its okay im getting thoough it slowly it helps that all my friends are there for me mostly the ones that my dad thought of as his other kids

  • That's the story that my preacher told last sunday... as he held that blood stained bible up for all of us to see. He said bless the farmer... and the teacher... and the preacher.... WHO GAVE THIS BIBLE TO MY MOMMA, WHO READ IT TO ME. The preacher died, and gave it to the hooker. The hooker was Randy's preacher's mom who read it to her son, Randy's preacher. The preacher said to bless the preacher who died because he gave his bloody bible to the hooker who read it to living preacher.

  • this was my dads favorite song sadly he passed away around 7/8 o'clock tonight

    rip daddy 1/21/71-2/13/12

  • @linny9613 im so so so so sorry :(

  • It's crazy how there is so many people who can relate to this song, I'm one of those people.

    The first time I heard this song I was in the city bus, I started to cry because there are three wooden crosses being set up on the highway.. and why there isn't four?? the fourth one is a miracle baby she is a orphan now... she lived... gotta say Randy Travis is tottaly right at

    1:03

  • ok guys the hooker lives. listen the preacher puts the blood stained bible into her hands and says cant you see the promise land. the hooker lives and turns her life around and has a kid who she reads the bible to. he then becomes a preacher and tells the story of the accident.

  • The preacher laid it in the hands of the hooker before he died! The hooker had a son who was the preacher! The preacher told the story, and that's why there's not four crosses because only three died!

  • I love this song and everytime i hear it i cry... out by the railroad my dads three friends crashed and there is their three wooden crosses right there on the right side of the highway.. This song has alot of meaning!!

  • the funny thing is tht when i go to my mothers down in hegerstown their is 3 wooden crosses on the right side of the head

  • @jenna88496 I think I read that right and that's NOT funny at all. Those people died. Innocent people.

  • <3333 I Love this song!!

  • THey played song at my Chruch Its so beautiful

  • oh and its "promise land" not primised land"

  • preacher not precher, and its "to give 'em all a better start" not "to give 'em all start" but other than the typos and misspelled words great song

  • great song, so much meaning, i hope God is smiling down on the hooker now turned soul winner, witnessed by virtue of her son being a preacher, a song that i would easily give an oscar to, bravo Travis!!!

  • WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER!!!!!!!

  • @Alfonzoczechguy97 because the car/semi/truck one of them hit the middle of the bus it happens alot. we had a bus that went through a stop sigh and was hit in the middle and killed 3 people weird theres three metal crosses they each have a name carved in.

  • This is a Great Song! Now shut up and enjoy good music,

  • this Gives me chills

  • my fav to sing for karaoke.

  • 3 people have no heart.

  • bless my preacher jamie coldwell we all miss you pluse sorry 4 the car crash in 2000

  • What about the bus driver?

  • Your mom's a whore.

  • the preacher gave the hooker the bible for the sole purpose of her asking god to forgive her for her sins before she died. randy travis gives a spiritual msg in this song. u can die at any moment and once dead, its too late to say sorry.

  • *souls

  • lol i was scrolling down the main youtube screen and this came up somehow so i was like wtf oh 3 wooden crosses ok

  • no the teacher and the preacher looking for the soals the teacher looking for lost soals to teach the preacher looking for people who dont know the good lord

  • @cowboylover010 im sorry ig i could be wrong the hooker could be looking for the lost soals so she can sell two them i jus thought of that and want to put my mistake its is kinda confusing tho

  • @cowboylover010 ya because the farmer was going to vaction, the teacher was going for higher education, then the preacher and the hooker were looking for lost souls

  • hello "blood stained bible" how else would blood have gotten on it? duh he gave it to her after the crash.

  • Really good song.....

    nice tune and wonderful lyrics!

    thanks!

  • no it was befor the crash

  • Some of the words are wrong but u basically got da message and i love this song!!!!!

  • missed the "better start" :)

  • He is right Heaven only knows.

  • This song tells a great story!

  • What happened to the bus driver? o.o

  • @AzerrEatsApplesauce thts a good question... lets google it :) Lolz

  • why were they going to mexico for higher education? lol i mean REALLY?

  • @1JonasLoveForever1 "Higher Education" is probably meant that they were on a mission trip to help in Mexico .. Higher meaning a Higher Power or god.. education in helping others they learn a life lesson...

  • @Domaorn Higher education means going to university.

  • @1JonasLoveForever1 not all of them were

  • @ilovesoccerarysa I know, but why would anyone? I mean Mexico has a crappy system going on. I know, I've been there.

  • love this song, its one of randy's best!!!

  • Every time I listen to this I cry *cries* because this was my grandpas favorite song and he passed away in 2001 and I was only 4 at that time *cries* and now i'm 14.

  • 2:30 He said Bless the farmer ....and teacher and the preacher  AND I SAID Bless the singer Randy Travis too......

  • what about the bus driver

  • this is so sad :(

  • so the dumbass driver just gets to live? wow.

  • @peaceloveufleh The hooker did and someone gave her a bible and she became a christian.. So the Driver and Hookers lived.

  • @peaceloveufleh the driver got a second chance at life

  • @peaceloveufleh the driver also died why he or she isnt mentioned is beyond me

    

  • @TheCosmodude i have been wondering that myself

  • farmer and hooker were looking for "lost souls"

  • @JL5411 no the preacher and the hooker were looking for lost souls

  • Please learn to spell.

  • @jiscute4 You hear a song like this and you think about the gosh darn SPELLING?? What's your problem??

  • @567avril I heard the song and it was great but that is no excuse to not run the lyrics throught spell check!

  • @jiscute4 everyone makes mistakes -.-

  • farmer left his farm to his son for his son to grow up, the teacher wanted to explore parts of the world to get more information about cultures, the preacher was looking for existance of god on earth, the hooker was looking for the one who got her pregnant. the preacher gave the hooker the bible on the bus. and god was watching over the hooker and god let the hooker survive. when the hooker had her son she read him the bible and gave her son the bible and the son grew up to be a preacher.

  • What happend to the bus driver?

  • @chocolatelova97 that was the same thing i was thinking????

  • my favorite song <3

    

  • Who was headed for what? cuz the Farmer was obviously on vacation but all the other ones can be mixed and matched... what do you think?

  • farmer-left crops and a good place 2 grow things

    teacher-inspired young people

    hooker-made nothing of her life

    preacher-was close 2 god

    that is y there r 3 wooden crosses on the right side of the highway

  • you got most of the lyrics wrong

  • The driver probably died but it doesn't mention if he did or not buz the song wasn't about him it was about the Farmer,the Teacher, the Hooker, and the Preacher.

  • What about the driver?

  • farmer left his land and the love to grow things in his sons heart the teacher left her wisdom and gave the kids a better start precher left his saying cant you see the promise land and gave his bible to the hooker but the hooker didnt leave anything so she wasnt really rememberd so she didnt get a cross only the ones who gave somthing as it says in the beging of the song and in the song it says nothing about the hooker being pregnate so ya

  • @kinneytowing She didn't get a cross at the side of the road because she didn't die in the crash. Whether or not she was pregnant at the time of the crash is irrelevent. The point is, she lived and she read that bible to the son she eventually had, so the preacher left something behind him--a legacy of love and faith, which he gave to the hooker, who passed it on to her son, who passed in on to his flock.

  • @kinneytowing

    the crosses are for the ones that died, the hooker lived and had a son.

  • that was sad

  • What happened to the bus driver?

  • that was sad and cool i really like the song you should keep righting

  • the reason the preacher, teacher, and the farmer died was because they had all left their mark on the world for the better, god gave the hooker another chance to change the world and she did with her child

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  • awesome

    

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  • The Farmer, The teacher, and the hooker died... the preacher lived.

    look up the lyrics on another site.

  • @WithinWonder no. the preacher died. the hooker was the preacher that was telling the story's mother.

  • @WithinWonder the farmer,teacher and preacher died.the hooker is the one who lived.she's the mother of the preacher who is telling the story.she didn't die cause she's the only one who wasn't saved.she still needed time to start believing in God.the lyrics goes:'he said:bless the farmer and the teacher and the preacher who gave this bible to my momma who read it to me.that momma is the hooker.she read that bible that the preacher from the train gave her,and her son became the preacher later on:)

  • @emach15 don't you mean a midnight bus bound for mexico? X3

  • @MyWWEnation yeah, sorry, that's what I ment, the bus... but the rest is good

  • randy is asking why aren't there 4 crosses on the side of the highway and then he explains why. there were 4 people in that train. 3 of them lived an honest life but then there was this hooker who lived badly. the 3 of them died but before he died the preacher managed to convert the hooker to the right path and she survived and lived on to raise her son to be an honest man. that is the point of: it is not what you take, but what you leave behind. that preacher who died left a new, changed woman.

  • The preacher gave the bible to the hooker after the crash ( He was dieing but he wasn't dead)

  • The Preacher Gave the Hooker the bible after the crash ( He wasnt dead but dieing)

  • im trying to learn this song so i can sing it in church but its so hard cuz u wanna cry every time..

  • i cried so much when i listened to this... ;'( why do some things have to be so sad...this world is cruel........

  • @Evangelion01rocks thats right. everytime i hear this i cry.. it makes me realize how cruel life can be. thumbs up if you agree.

  • Wow reading this a lot of ppl are confused even though almost every 2 lines someone is explaing it to everyone.

    Right before the preacher dies he gives his bible to the hooker. The hooker survived and when she had a son she read him it. Plus her son turned out to be a preacher.

    It is a beautiful song. I love it. i cry every time.

  • how could this song possibly have any dislikes to it =/

  • i gess the two that clicked the dislike button dont have faith

  • Was the preacher that died his father? Or why did the preacher give the bible to his mom?

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  • @farnworthfive no... the hooker became the preacher in the end's wife (Idk if that's true or not, that's what I picked up from it) and the hooker gave the bible to the preacher and the preacher gave it to his mom... that's just what I got from it

  • @jad2309

    There are four passengers and three crosses. I.e., three of them died. The preacher died (hence the blood on the Bible). The hooker and the preacher did not get married...

    The preacher on the midnight bus and the the preacher that tells the story to the singer are different people. That may be the source of your confusion.

  • @farnworthfive The preacher Died.. and gave the bible to the hooker.. who read the Bible to her son.. who became a preacher and she passed the book onto her son.

  • This makes me think of how good I have it because I am still alive. I also have a caring family that loves me.

  • this is gay.

  • @MissEmily4427 fuck you get the duck out of here if you don't like this music then don't say any thing bout it i don't go round sayin this is gay to all the rap shit on youtube

  • @teca112233 wow the song is about the new life that is givin when we put our lives in gods hands and you are cussing take the foul language else where hunny okk

  • @MissEmily4427 fuck you get the fuck out of here if you don't like this music then don't say any thing bout it i don't go round sayin this is gay to all the rap shit on youtube

  • @MissEmily4427 That is the gayest thing I have ever heard. If you don't like it don't listen!

  • this song is just right for my bffl Paola she misses it in Mexico

    love ya gurl

  • That is one amazing song I cry And Worship Mi Jesus wioth all my heart... May Him bless you forever Thanks a million!!!!

  • dood learn to spell my god but otherwise good song

  • @heavylevy5 hahahaha. hey smartass. you spelled dude wrong :P

  • dood learn to spell my god but otherwise good song

  • Most people those who are much respected on this earth might not be in heaven. If I speak up how I understand the meaning of this song, many people will hate me and judge me that I will get into trouble. But I dare enogh to tell you all that only a very few people will get to heaven.

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  • LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IT MAKES ME CRY EVERYTIME>>>>>>3.. this exactly hapened to friends of mine

  • i luv this song!!!! always have well aleast since i could know wut it was and its really sad but i hear storys about hookers diein and getin hit and killed 4 no reason!!!! my friends mom was a hooker and got killed while she was little and it is really sad she also got hit by a large truck on the way home 2 c her baby girl!! SHE WAS ONLY 1 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE LOST HER MOM this is a really good song but very sad and very painful for her i showed this 2 her and she told me the story i cryed

  • you missed a word at 1:37. Its suppose to be - to give 'em  all a better start... just thought i would let ya know ... Love the song

  • what about the driver? just wondering?

  • best song i ever heard i get teary eyed because it is a sad and good song

  • farmer: died

    Teacher: died

    Preacher at the beginning: gave the hoooker a blood stained bible before the crash, then died

    hooker: was pregnate, and lived

    Preacher at the end: is the hookers son. he has the blood stained bible now.

    just to clear it up.

  • @SailorSammiify thanks tho i just figured it out

    

  • @SailorSammiify I think the preacher gave her the bible after the crash. Otherwise it doesnt make any sence, how else would it have blood on it.

  • @SailorSammiify wait, if he gave it to her BEFORE the crash, how'd it have blood?

  • @MyWWEnation he gave it to her right after the crash

  • @Rabbitx313 i know. 

  • @SailorSammiify thanks mate now it a lot clearer

  • @SailorSammiify  the peacher gave the hooker the bible right after the crash not before

  • @Rabbitx313 gave it before because the preache r died then the other preacher was the hookers son

  • @Rabbitx313 thts wut happend!

  • @Rabbitx313 noo because the preacher died after the crash soo therefore how could the preacher give it to her after he died he gave it to her before he/she died

  • @awesomeperson12392 he was about to die....and he handed it to her then died...thats how its blood stained...

  • @Rabbitx313

    no he gave it to the hooker Before the crash. How would he give it to her after the crash when the preacher died in the accident?

  • @linsaybool How would it be blood stained before the crash if he gave it to her before???

  • @Li54299 it wasn't before, it was after cuz he was the one who lived. He gave the bible to her cuz she had passed on.

  • @beatlesfan8171763 No he didn't live she did. Listen to it if he lived then how did the pastor at the end of it get the blood stained bible that preacher gave to his mom who read it to him. The preacher gave it to her after the crash before he died.

  • @linsaybool He apparently didn't die instantly...therefore he gave her the bible as he was dying in the accident. 

  • @SailorSammiify I guess the bus driver survived too. :D

  • @maleman008041978 the driver obviously died

  • i miss my mom lost her 2 weeks ago :(

    

  • @justalady2009tn awee are u ok i feel bad for you i e u are doin well

  • 2 people disliked the video because they couldn't see through their tears on the way to the like button...

  • the 2 people who pressed the dislike button will someday realize they were wrong. love this song so much.

  • good song but spell the words right.

  • Truly beautiful song, chokes me up everytime I listen to it ...

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  • A farmer, teacher,preacher nd a hooker were on a bus. An 18 wheeler hit the bus and killed evryone except the hooker because she had nothing to leave behind while the other 3 did so God gave her another chance. His preacher was the hooker`s son that owned the bible that the preacher gave to the hooker.So now the hooker can go to heaven and leave something behind :)

  • @Tyashlee1 ooooooooooooooooh!!! i get it now!!!

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  • ohh nvm i understand now

  • what hapened to the frigen hooker?

  • well i was in the car with my mom and i suddunly saw 3 on the right side of the highway a tear rolled down my eye <3

  • wat happen to the driver???

  • @Billings35 ..........good question.....

  • Gives me goosebumps...

  • thats not how you spell souls; and its "to give'em all A BETTER start": thats not how you spell promise: over all ok but work on your spelling next time

  • who goes to mexico for higher education? lol

  • Who lived during the crash

  • @dwall83 The hooker did. And when he says "thats the story our preacher told us last sunday" that preacher is the hookers son.

  • the reason the hooker didnt die is that she really didnt have anything to leave behind like the rest did

  • @Billings35 She didn't die because she was carrying her son, the preacher at the end of the song.

  • @Billings35 the reason the hooker did not die is because God gave her another chance

  • I love how its 171 to 1 on the likes and dislikes... one person is obviouly deaf.

  • @leighcapanX2e

    181 to 1 Now. That must have had a muscle spasm, and clicked the dislike by mistake.

  • @redneckrider120 haha :D

  • Other than the spelling...good job.

  • @haydeebop Your welcome, Im happy to help! :)

  • @haydeebop The preacher that died in the accident gave his bible to the hooker, and when it says "Thats the story that our preacher told last sunday, as he held that blood stained bible up for all of us to see. He said 'Bless the farmer and the teacher and the preacher... who gave this bible to my momma who read this to me.'" The preachers mom was the hooker. The hooker didnt die in the accident, and instead had a son who became a preacher.