lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

I BELIEVE

(Ervin Drake - Jimmy Shirl - Irvin Graham - Al Stillman)
« © '56 Gentleman Jim Music, ASCAP »
(I believe I believe)

I believe for every drop of rain that falls a flower grows
I believe that somewhere in the darkest night a candle glows
I believe for every one who goes astray someone will come to show the way
I believe I believe

I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard
I believe that someone in that great somewhere hears every word
Every time I hear a new born baby cry or touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why I believe (I believe)

Every time I hear a new born baby cry or touch a leaf or see the sky
Then I know why I believe (I believe)
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2.

I SAW THE LIGHT

(Hank Williams)
« © '48 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
I wandered so aimless life filled with sin
I wouldn't let my dear Saviour in
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night
Praise the Lord I saw the light

I saw the light I saw the light
No more darkness no more night
Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight
Praise the Lord I saw the light

Just like a blind man I wandered alone
Worries and fears I claimed for my own
And like a blind man God gave back his sight
Praise the Lord I saw the light

I saw the light I saw the light...

I was a fool to wander astray
Strait is the gate and narrow the way
Now I have traded the wrong for the right
Praise the Lord I saw the light

I saw the light I saw the light...
Praise the Lord I saw the light
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3.

PEACE IN THE VALLEY

(Thomas A. Dorsey)
« © '39 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Well I'm tired and so weary but I must go along
Till the Lord comes and calls me calls me away oh yes
Well the morning is bright and the lamb is light
And the night night is as fair as the day oh yes

There will be peace in the valley for me some day
There will be peace in the valley for me oh Lord I pray
There'll be no sadness no sorrow no trouble I'll see
There will be peace in the valley for me
[ piano ] Well the bear will be gentle and the wolf will be tame
And the lion shall lay down by the lamb oh yes
And the beast from the wild shall be lead by a little child
And I'll be changed changed from this creature that I am oh yes

There will be peace in the valley...
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4.

I'LL FLY AWAY

(Albert E. Brumley)
« © '32 Fly Away Music, BMI »
Some glad morning when this life is o'er I'll fly away
To a home on God's celestial shore I'll fly away

Oh I'll fly away oh Glory I'll fly away
When I'll die hallelujah by and by I'll fly away

When the shadows of this life have gone I'll fly away
Like a bird from prison bars have flown I'll fly away

I'll fly away oh Glory I'll fly away...
[ guitar ] Just a few more weary days and then I'll fly away
To a land where joy shall never end I'll fly away

Oh I'll fly away oh Glory I'll fly away...
Oh I'll fly away oh Glory I'll fly away...
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5.

THAT LUCKY OLD SUN

(Haven Gillespie - Beasley Smith)
« © '55 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP »
Up in the morning out on the job works like the devil for my pay
But that lucky old sun ain't got nothing to do but roll around heaven all day

Fuss with my woman toil for my kids sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
While that lucky old sun ain't got nothing to do but roll around heaven all day

Good Lord above can't you know I'm pining tears fill my eyes
Send down that cloud with the silvery lining lift me to paradise

Show me that river and take me across wash all my troubles away
And like that lucky old sun give me nothing to do but roll around heaven all day
Like that lucky old sun give me nothing to do but roll around heaven all day
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6.

THERE'S A BIG WHEEL

(Don Gibson)
« © '64 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When you think you've got the world by the tail
And you don't have to worry bout a fame
When you think the world can never hold you down
Do you ever think of his name

There's a big wheel there's a big wheel
He's a whole lotta bigger than you
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel
He's a whole lotta bigger than me

Brother do you ever stop to think
How you got that worldly fame
Don't you know that he's a watchin' over you
Anytime he can blood out your name

There's a big wheel there's a big wheel...

If you think that you're a big big shot
And everything you do is a whiz
Just remember brother everything you've got
Is not yours remember it's his

There's a big wheel there's a big wheel...
(He's a whole lotta bigger than me)
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7.

JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE

(Traditional)
« © '49 Bridge Building Music, BMI »
I am weak but Thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong
I'll be satisfied as long as I walk let me walk close to Thee

Just a closer walk with Thee grant it Jesus is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee let it be dear Lord let it be

When my feeble life is o'er and time for me will be no more
Guide me gently safely o'er to Thy kingdom's shore to Thy shore

Just a closer walk with Thee...
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8.

FARTHER ALONG

(W.B. Stevens - Jesse R. Baxter)
« © '38 Bridge Building Music, BMI »
Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder
Why it should be thus all the day long
While there are others living about us
Never molested though in the wrong

Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by
[ piano ] When death has come and taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so lonely and drear
While there are others living about us
Living so wicked year after year

Farther along we'll know all about it...
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9.

IT IS NO SECRET (WHAT GOD CAN DO)

(Stuart Hamblen)
« © '50 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
The chimes of time ring out the news another day is through
Someone slipped and fell was that someone you
You may have long for added strenght your courage to renew
Do not be this hearten for I bring hope to you

It is no secret what God can do
What he's done for others he'll do for you
With arms wide open he'll part anew
It is no secret what God can do
It is no secret what God can do
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10.

LONESOME VALLEY

(A.P. Carter)
« © '58 Peer International, BMI »
Well you've gotta walk that lonesome valley
Yes you've gotta go there by yourself
Cause no one here is gonna go there with you
Yes you've gotta go there by yourself

Well if you can't speak like the angels if you can't preach like ol' St Paul
You can tell the love of Jesus yes you can say that he died for all

Yes you've gotta walk that lonesome valley...
[ dobro ] Many loved ones away up yonder just awaitin' on the golden shore
Let's prepare to go and meet them where sad parties will come no more

Well you've gotta walk that lonesome valley...
Yes you've gotta walk that lonesome valley...
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11.

WHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONE

(Mosie Lister)
« © '58 Mosie Lister Songs, BMI »
Once I stood in the night with my head bowed low
In the darkness as black as the sea
And my heart was afraid and I cried oh Lord
Don't hide your face from me

Hold my hand all the way every hour every day
From here to the great unknown
Take my hand let me stand where no one stands alone
[ guitar ] Like a king I may live in a palace so tall
With great riches to call my own
But I don't know a thing in this whole wide world
That's worse than being alone

Hold my hand all the way...
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12.

SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME

(Leon Bowles - Tim Frye)
« © '61 Leon Bowles Music, BMI »
When I was prayin' (somebody touched me)
When I was prayin' (somebody touched me)
When I was prayin' (somebody touched me)
Must've been the hand of the Lord

Glory glory glory somebody touched me
Glory glory glory somebody touched me
Glory glory glory somebody touched me
Must've been the hand of the Lord

While I was singin' (somebody touched me)
While I was singin' (somebody touched me)
While I was singin' (somebody touched me)
Must've been the hand of the Lord

Glory glory glory somebody touched me...

While I was preachin' (somebody touched me)
While I was preachin' (somebody touched me)
While I was preachin' (somebody touched me)
Must've been the hand of the Lord

Glory glory glory somebody touched me...
One more
Glory glory glory somebody touched me...
Must've been the hand of the Lord
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