Three Wooden Cross Analysis

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The Three Wooden Crosses “ It 's not what you take with you when you leave this world behind you, it 's what you leave behind you when you go” The repetition of this line within the song “Three Wooden Crosses” by Randy Travis indicates that what you leave behind you has much more value in this world than anything that you could take with you. A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher are on a midnight bus for Mexico. “ Two of them are searching for lost souls” Implying that they both are looking for a “better off”. The bus ride ended quickly when an eighteen wheeler hit the bus, “...eighteen wheelers can 't stop on a dime”. Inferring the next few lyrics that have an unexpected twist. “And that preacher whispered:“Can 't you see the