There’s a light on in room three sixteen at the Pineview Motel and Cafe
You can pay by the week or you can pay by the month but most here just pay once a day
There’s a half empty bottle on the stand by the bed and a bible in the first drawer
In the chair there’s a sign that says homeless and tomorrow he’ll hold it once more
By morning the bottle is as empty as the pockets in his ragged old jeans
So he’ll go out once more, to try and make sure there’s a bottle in room three sixteen
He came home from a war but the war didn’t end he fought the battle each night
So he chose ninety proof over family and friends and now he’s losing the fight
So he stands on the curb with his sign and his can that he hopes you’ll fill up with your change
Then he’ll go to the store to purchase once more a bottle for room three sixteen
Yesterday he came into that room with his bottle like always before
But he didn’t open that bottle this time he opened the drawer
Down on his knees in an old rented room tears fell as he knelt by the bed
The bottle couldn’t hold him like it did before cause this time he chose Jesus instead
And now three sixteen is different it don’t mean the same as before
It’s more than a room in a motel or a number that hangs on a door
And his voice doesn’t tremble and his hands they don’t shake
Cause in a moment he was made clean
All because of a chapter and verse and a bible in room three sixteen
Yeah he met that Man on the cross cause there’s a bible in room three sixteen
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son
That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life
Yeah there’s a bible in room three sixteen