Heartbreak Ridge and New Hope Road
Gatlin Brothers Lyrics

It was a wide spot out in the country
There was a small, open area in the rural countryside

Away from the lights of the city
Far from the bright and busy city streets

Where an old time preacher pitched a ragged old tent
An old-fashioned preacher set up a worn-out tent

Looked like it was a hundred years old
The tent appeared to have been around for a very long time

He started out preaching to no one
Initially, there was no audience for his preaching

But pretty soon a crowd started gathering
However, a crowd soon began to gather around him

And he preached the gospel
He delivered his sermon about the good news of Christianity

At the corner of Heartbreak Ridge and New Hope Road
In the intersection of two roads named Heartbreak Ridge and New Hope

I turned into a wild man
I became uncontrollable and reckless

Some people said I'd gone crazy
Some individuals believed I had lost my sanity

But all too soon came the harvest
However, before long, the consequences of my reckless actions caught up with me

Of the wild seeds that I had sown
The negative outcomes of the reckless choices I had made

Well I stumbled into that meeting
I entered that gathering without grace or stability

I was looking like death warmed over
I appeared extremely ill or exhausted

But then I heard the gospel
However, I was exposed to the good news of Christianity

When they sing come ye sinners lost and hopeless
When the lyrics of the song proclaim to all the sinners who feel lost and without hope

Lord I was hopeless heaven knows
I truly felt without hope, known only by heaven

Something got a hold of me something got a hold hallelujah
Something deeply affected me, rejoicing in the fact that it did

It's still a wide spot out in the country
That open area in the rural countryside remains the same

I pitched that old tent he gave me
I set up the worn-out tent that he had entrusted to me

The day that he died and went home
The day he passed away and returned to his heavenly home

Some times I start preaching to no one
Occasionally, I begin delivering my sermon without an audience

But pretty soon a crowd starts gathering
However, before long, a crowd begins to assemble

And I now preach the gospel
And now I proclaim the good news of Christianity

Glory hallelujah I'm saying glory glory hallelujah
Expressing praise and worship, exclaiming glory

Hey hey glory glory hallelujah glory glory glory
An enthusiastic repetition of praising glory

And they sing come ye sinners lost and hopeless
And they sing the lyrics inviting all the sinners who feel lost and without hope

Glory glory hallelujah
An expression of praise and worship, rejoicing in glory