Name: A Jump From A Bridge
Duration: 5 min 11 s
Channel: Gregory Valentine

songwriter country alternative country country rock greg valentine

Hope it goes without saying but I'll say it.. I write Character songs about life, love, loss in culture around us.....and true songs on the love of Jesus Christ

Song Info

Genre

Country • Alternative Country

Charts

Peak #70

Peak in subgenre #29

Author

Gregory Valentine

Rights

2024

Uploaded

August 12, 2007

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.0 MB • 80 kbps • 5:11

Story behind the song

Song is about finding peace.......Although I have found Peace Through Christ....The story in the song is not autobiographical

Lyrics

I lifted my right foot.....stepped up to the edge of the bridge
Looked down at the cold mountain creek....and jumped off like my brother did
For a moment ....I was weightless
For a moment ...things were clear
For a moment....my sister didn't die ..in the car wreck last year

    And I sure liked the feeling I found....on my way down
    As I hung in the air in between the bridge and the      water beneath
    And it was a numb relief....that completely surrounded me
    As I hung in the air in between the bridge....and the cold reality

Growing up ...I raised some hell for kicks....I took some dares and I took some sips
And the bottle liked it there on my lips....and I liked all the pain it hid
So I kept that fire in my throat.....Until the fire began to smoke......
Then I took it deep into my lungs.....and I held it till I smiled and choked

    And I sure liked the feeling I found....on my way down
    As I hung in the air in between the bridge and the water beneath
    And it was a numb relief....that completely surrounded me
    As I hung in the air in between the bridge....and the cold reality

Brushy Mountain Penitentiary..in Petros Tennessee Took five years away from me....on a drug charge and a guilty plea
But Jesus saved me in that place ...and after my release date.....
I joined a church for the first time ....and asked the preacher to be baptized

    And I sure liked the feeling I found....on my way down
    As I hung in the air in between the bridge and the water beneath
    And it was a numb relief....that completely surrounded me
    As I hung in the air in between..... the old life....and the new one underneath

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David Irby

Apr 13, 2008

Great Song