do you feel his hand on your shoulder the way that i feel on mine for if your soul s been swallowed up by darkness he can put you walkin on a straighter line for many years i struggled demons on my back never thought i d see the light of day an em demons fought like hell to pull me to the black and never did the good lord turn away i thought whiskey and cocaine would ease my sorrows but it only took me closer to the grave i was livin for today and not tomororow i believe my soul s too far gone to save chorus do you feel his hand on your shoulder the way that i feel on mine for if your soul s been swallowed up by darkness he can put you walkin on a straighter line sun rising sunday morning sendin people off to chrurch find me havin never seen the bed i was sinking ever sinking feeling things were getting worse saw my body in a casket lyin dead surrounded by strangers in a prison with no where to turn but on high having wasted every blessing i was given i prayed lord please give me grace before i die do you feel his hand on your shoulder the way that i feel on mine for if your soul s been swallowed up by darkness he can put you walkin on a straighter line he can put you walkin on a straighter line