In the night he saw a light
And it shone right in his face
And a man who smelled of whiskey
Came up from the ground and said
If you follow me
Then you will find the truth
And the man who was so broken he
Was drowned in alcohol said
All my life I've always
Lived down on my knees
I've been drowning in Jesus
Drowning in the man
He said if I died tonight
He'd take me to the promised land
I was drowning in Jesus
Standing at the gates of hell
He saved my soul from going down
Into the fiery depths of hell
I was drowning in Jesus
I was drowning in the man
He was broken down and beaten
By the woman who left him
And the bottle that he drank from
Couldn't fill the emptiness within
And he'd never seen his children
And they never knew his name
And he'd come to the end of the road
Where he took the Lord's name in vain
And he found a little salvation
Down on his knees
He was drowning in Jesus
Drowning in the man
He said if I died tonight
He'd take me to the promised land
He was drowning in Jesus
Standing at the gates of hell
He saved his soul from going down
Into the fiery depths of hell
He was drowning in Jesus
He was drowning in the man
It was a long road home
The storms kept coming
The wind was blowing
There was no way to see the truth
But that light kept shining
Through the rain and thunder
He kept pushing forward
And it led him to you
Now the man's an old man
But he's still on his knees
And the bottle has been replaced
By a book he loves to read
And the kids that never knew him
They now call him granddad
And he found a woman
Who gave him love
When he never thought he had
And every Sunday he still finds himself
Down on his knees