Wes Casto - "My Mistakes"

For the 2011 Newsong Contest (Southeast Region)

"My Mistakes"
Wes Casto
2011

There's a line down the middle of town
Between the people with good and bad luck
You can guess which side drives sports cars
Take a guess which of us drives trucks

It isn't far from Midland to Odessa
But in a way it's like day and night
Over there they know how to make money
And over here we know how to fight

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What's it matter what side of the line I'm on
Who'm I ever gonna hurt besides myself
Don't you know there's a line that I won't cross
Between my mistakes and everybody else

Mama wanted me to get an education
Daddy told me where to go
God offered me a Texas revelation
Me, I went the only way I know

So all week I go to work in the oilfield
Making money for the company men
Sunday morning and I'm on my knees
In the bathroom praying, saying "never again"

Chorus

There's a line down the middle of me
Knows the difference between evil and good
But there's a difference in knowing what you ought to do
And doing things the way that you should

Chorus

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