Josh Turner The Way He Was Raised Lyrics

The Way He Was Raised Lyrics

He always wore those worn out flip-flops

Spent hours in his daddy's workshop

He loved being on the water

Fishin' with His friends



He always listened to the old folks

When they'd tell stories and crack jokes

Didn't talk back to his mama

When she got onto 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 learned 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 hangin' with the outcasts

When He went off to town



Some called Him a troublemaker

Even some said a lawbreaker

No matter how they talked about Him

He never put nobody down



'Cause that's just the way He was raised

When people start to gossip He'd just walk away

He always loved His neighbor 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