Rhett Walker - Where I Could've Been

Chorus / Description : The song reflects on the singer's past mistakes and how he was saved by the love and grace of Jesus, who accepted him for who he was, rather than where he could have ended up.

Where I Could've Been Lyrics

I was a small town joke without hope
Just trying to find my way
I was the fool that lived with the consequence
Of all of my mistakes
I was a guilty man in my Sunday best
Sweatin' in all my shame
If the road I was on, hadn't led headlong
Into amazing grace

I would've been a lost cause
Would've been written off
But there's a hope that don't give in
I should've been a long gone
Nowhere to call home
But there's a peace that never ends
When I couldn't see
He rescued me
Oh, ain't it just like Jesus to love me where I am
And not just leave me where I could've been

I'd still be wakin up
Down on my luck
Sleeping in the bed I'd made
I was as bad as the worst
My name was a curse
Just wastin my whole life away
And then one day, I got outta my way
Gave the good Lord above my life
If it wasn't for that rugged cross
And the mercy of Jesus Christ

I would've been a lost cause
I would've been written off
But there's a hope that don't give in
I should've been a long gone
Nowhere to call home
But there's a peace that never ends
When I couldn't see
He rescued me
Oh, ain't it just like Jesus to love me where I am
And not just leave me where I could've been
Leave me where I could've been

When I'm looking back on my crazy past
Only thing I've got figured out
The trails I blazed
Mistakes I made
Doesn't change what He's doing right now

I would've been a lost cause
I would've been written off
But there's a hope that don't give in
Should've been a long gone
Nowhere to call home
But there's a peace that never ends
When I couldn't see
He rescued me
Oh, ain't it just like Jesus to love me where I am
And not just leave me where I could've been