About the song
Randy Travis and His Signature Hit: Three Wooden Crosses
“Three Wooden Crosses” is a country song written by Kim Williams and Craig Bickhardt. It was first recorded by Randy Travis and released in 1990 as the second single from his album of the same name. The song topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1991. “Three Wooden Crosses” has been covered by many artists, including Alan Jackson, George Strait, and Brad Paisley.
The song tells the story of a man who is walking through the woods when he comes across three wooden crosses. He stops to pray at each cross, and as he does, he reflects on his own life and the lives of the people who were crucified on those crosses. The song is a powerful message of hope and redemption.
Randy Travis
Randy Travis is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is known for his smooth, deep voice and his traditional country sound. Travis has released 20 studio albums, 10 live albums, and 5 compilation albums. He has won numerous awards, including seven Grammy Awards, 11 Academy of Country Music Awards, and 10 Country Music Association Awards.
Travis was born in Marshville, North Carolina, in 1959. He began singing in church at a young age and started playing guitar when he was 10 years old. In 1982, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in country music.
Travis’s debut album, Storms of Life, was released in 1986. The album was a commercial success, and it spawned the hit singles “On the Other Hand” and “1982.” His second album, Always & Forever, was released in 1987. It was even more successful than his debut, and it produced the number-one singles “I Told You So” and “Forever and Ever, Amen.”
Travis continued to release successful albums throughout the 1990s. His most successful album was 1990’s Three Wooden Crosses. The album was a critical and commercial success, and it won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album in 1991. The album’s title track was a massive hit, and it has become one of Travis’s signature songs.
Travis has continued to record and tour in the 2000s. He has released several albums, including 2003’s Rise and Shine and 2008’s Around the Bend. He has also toured extensively, and he has appeared in several films and television shows.
“Three Wooden Crosses”: A Powerful Message of Hope
“Three Wooden Crosses” is a powerful song that tells a story of hope and redemption. The song’s lyrics are simple but effective, and they convey a message of hope and forgiveness. The song’s melody is also simple but beautiful, and it perfectly complements the lyrics.
“Three Wooden Crosses” has been covered by many artists, but Randy Travis’s version is the definitive one. Travis’s deep, smooth voice perfectly suits the song’s message, and he delivers the lyrics with conviction and emotion.
“Three Wooden Crosses” is a timeless song that will continue to resonate with listeners for years to come. It is a song of hope, redemption, and forgiveness, and it is a message that everyone needs to hear.
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Lyrics
“Three Wooden Crosses”
A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher,
Ridin’ on a midnight bus bound for Mexico.
One’s headed for vacation, one for higher education,
An’ two of them were searchin’ for lost souls.
That driver never ever saw the stop sign.
An’ eighteen wheelers can’t stop on a dime.There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway,
Why there’s not four of them, Heaven only knows.
I guess it’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
It’s what you leave behind you when you go.That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres,
The faith an’ love for growin’ things in his young son’s heart.
An’ that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children:
Did her best to give ’em all a better start.
An’ that preacher whispered: “Can’t you see the Promised Land?”
As he laid his blood-stained bible in that hooker’s hand.There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway,
Why there’s not four of them, Heaven only knows.
I guess it’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
It’s what you leave behind you when you go.That’s the story that our preacher told last Sunday.
As he held that blood-stained bible up,
For all of us to see.
He said: “Bless the farmer, and the teacher, an’ the preacher;
“Who gave this Bible to my mamma,
“Who read it to me.”There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway,
Why there’s not four of them, now I guess we know.
It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you,
It’s what you leave behind you when you go.There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway.