"Salvation Works" lyrics - JENNIFER NETTLES

She's a woman on a mission
Always in the church
If you need a ride into town
Her offer is the first

Yeah, she thinks
That if she's perfect
She can outrun all the hurt
But that ain't how salvation works

[Chorus:]
That steeple still needs painting
They're out there cutting grass
There's a two line Sunday sermon
She'll miss 'cause she drives too fast
And the message on the marquee
Reflected in the glass
Is every sinner has a future
And every saint has a past

He's a man with a memory
That turned into a curse
He keeps every bottle empty
Till he's numb down to the nerves

He thinks that forgiveness
Is reserved for souls like hers
But that ain't how salvation works

[Chorus:]
That steeple still needs painting
They're out there cutting grass
There's a two line Sunday sermon
She'll miss 'cause she drives too fast
And the message on the marquee
Reflected in the glass
Is every sinner has a future
And every saint has a past

I can't quote the bible
The chapter or the verse
And heaven's just a promise
For those left here on Earth

But I believe that god loves us
More than we deserve
And I hope that's how
Yeah I hope that's how
I hope that's how salvation works
Salvation works

Oh, I hope that's how
I hope that's how
Oo-oo-oo-oo