Three Wooden Crosses

"Three Wooden Crosses" is a number-one single by American country music singer-songwriter Randy Travis. This song marked Travis' 16th Billboard country Number One single, and his first since "Whisper My Name" in 1994.^[1]

1 Content
2 Chart performance
- 2.1 Charts
3 External links
4 References
5 Succession

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The song describes a fatal late night bus accident, on a bus traveling from the USA to Mexico. The song describes four passengers, a "farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher" as the song puts it. When the bus crashes, There are memorials to the teacher, the farmer, and the preacher at the roadside- Three Wooden Crosses. The song then recounts how each earned their memorial through their services to the community. At this point in the song the singer questions why there isn't a fourth cross, as a memorial to the prostitute, until it is explained that the preacher, as he was dying, gave his Bible to the prostitute. The song concludes with the revelation that story was told to the singer by the son of the prostitute involved in the crash, who is now a preacher. She survived the crash and brought her son up as a Christian, reading him the Bible given to her by the preacher killed in the crash.

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"Three Wooden Crosses" debuted at #52 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated December 7, 2002. It charted for 34 weeks on that chart, and reached #1 on the chart dated May 24, 2003, giving Travis his sixteenth Number One single, his first Billboard Number One since "Whisper My Name" in 1994^[1], and his first overall Number One since 1999's "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man", which topped the former Radio & Records (now known as Mediabase 24/7) country charts. In addition, it crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at #31 on that chart.

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Chart (2002-2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	31

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[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Shelburne, Craig (2003-05-19). Randy Travis Scores First No. 1 Since 1994. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.

[edit] Succession

Preceded by "Have You Forgotten?" by Darryl Worley	Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single by Randy Travis May 24, 2003	Succeeded by "I Believe" by Diamond Rio