Help Me
Oh, lord, help me
walk
Another mile, just one more mile;
I'm tired of walkin' all
alone.
And lord, help me to smile
Another smile, just one more
smile;
Don't think I can do things on my own.
I never thought I needed
help before;
Thought that I could get by - by myself.
But now I know I
just can't take it any more.
And with a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm
beggin' You please for help
Oh come down from Your golden throne to me,
to lowly me;
I need to feel the touch of Your tender hand.
Release the
chains of darkness
Let me see, Lord let me see;
Just where I fit into your
master plan.
I never thought I needed help before;
Thought that I
could get by - by myself.
Now I know I just can't take it any more.
And
with a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
With
a humble heart, on bended knee,
I'm beggin' You please for help
God's Gonna Cut You Down
You can run on
for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or
later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Go tell
that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler,
the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell
'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Well my goodness gracious let me tell
you the news
My head's been wet with the midnight dew
I've been down on
bended knee talkin' to the man from Galilee
He spoke to me in the voice so
sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet
He called my name
and my heart stood still
When he said, "John go do My will!"
Go tell
that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight rider
Tell the rambler,
the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
Tell
'em that God's gonna cut 'em down
You can run on for a long time
Run
on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you
down
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Well you may throw your rock
and hide your hand
Workin' in the dark against your fellow man
But as sure
as God made black and white
What's down in the dark will be brought to the
light
You can run on for a long time
Run on for a long time
Run on
for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
Sooner or later God'll
cut you down
Go tell that long tongue liar
Go and tell that midnight
rider
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
Tell 'em that God's
gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that God's gonna cut you down
Tell 'em that
God's gonna cut you down
Like The 309
It should be a while before
I see Dr. Death
So it would sure be nice if I could get my breath
Well I'm
not the crying nor the whining kind
'Till I hear the whistle of the
309
Of the 309, of the 309
Put me in my box on the 309
Take me
to the depot, put me to bed
Blow an electric fan on my gnarly old
head
Everybody take a look, see I'm doing fine
Then load my box on the
309
On the 309, on the 309
Put me in my box on the 309
Hey
sweet baby, kiss me hard
Draw my bath water, sweep my yard
Give a drink of
my wine to my Jersey cow
I wouldn't give a hootin' hell for my journey
now
On the 309, on the 309
I hear the sound of a railroad
train
The whistle blows and I'm gone again
It will take me higher than a
Georgia pine
Stand back children, it's a 309
It's a 309, it's a
309
Put me in my box on the 309
A chicken in the pot and turkey in the
corn
Ain't felt this good since jubilee morn
Talk about luck, well I got
mine
As me comin' down like a 309
Write me a letter, sing me a
song
Tell me all about it, what I did wrong
Meanwhile I will be doing
fine
Then load my box on the 309
On the 309, on the 309
Goin' to
get out of here on the 309
If You Could Read My Mind
If you could
read my mind, love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell.
Just like an old
time movie,
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a
fortress strong,
With chains upon my feet.
You know that ghost is
me.
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't
see.
If I could read your mind, love,
What a tale your thoughts could
tell.
Just like a paperback novel,
The kind the drugstores sell.
When
you reached the part where the heartaches come,
The hero would be me.
But
heroes often fail,
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's
just too hard to take!
I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned
in a three way script.
Enter number two:
A movie queen to play the
scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me.
But for now, love, let's
be real;
I never thought I could act this way
And I've got to say that I
just don't get it.
I don't know where we went wrong,
But the feeling's
gone
And I just can't get it back.
If you could read my mind,
love,
What a tale my thoughts could tell.
Just like an old time
movie,
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well.
In a castle dark or a fortress
strong.
With chains upon my feet.
But stories always end,
And if you
read between the lines,
You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The
feelin's that you lack.
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got
to say that I just don't get it.
I don't know where we went wrong,
But the
feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back!
Further On Up The Road
Where the road is
dark and the seed is sowed
Where the gun is cocked and the bullet's
cold
Where the miles are marked in the blood and gold
I'll meet you
further on up the road
Got on my dead man's suit and my smilin' skull
ring
My lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing
I got a song to sing, it
keeps me out of the cold
And I'll meet you further on up the
road.
Further on up the road
Further on up the road
Where the way
is dark and the night is cold
One sunny mornin' we'll rise I know
And I'll
meet you further on up the road.
Now I been out in the desert, just doin'
my time
Searchin' through the dust, lookin' for a sign
If there's a light
up ahead, well brother I don't know
But I got this fever burnin' in my
soul
Further on up the road
Further on up the road
Further on up
the road
Further on up the road
One sunny mornin' we'll rise I
know
And I'll meet you further on up the road
One sunny mornin' we'll rise
I know
And I'll meet you further on up the road.
The Evening Train
I heard the laughter
at the depot
But my tears fell like the rain
When I saw them place that
long white casket
In the baggage coach of the evening train
The baby's
eyes are red from weeping
Its little heart is filled with pain
Oh Daddy
cried they're taking Mama
Away from us on the evening train
As I
turned to walk away from the depot
It seemed I heard her call my name
Take
care of my baby and tell him darling
That I'm going home on the evening
train
I pray that God will give me courage
To carry on 'til we meet
again
It's hard to know she's gone forever
They're carrying her home on
the evening train
I Came To Believe
I couldn't manage the
problems I laid on myself
And it just made it worse when I laid them on
somebody else
So I finally surrendered it all brought down in despair
I
cried out for help and I felt a warm comforter there
And I came to
believe in a power much higher than I
I came to believe that I needed help to
get by
In childlike faith I gave in and gave him a try
And I came to
believe in a power much higher than I
Nothing worked out when I handled
it all on my own
And each time I failed it made me feel twice as
alone
Then I cried, "Lord there must be a sure and easier way
For it just
cannot be that a man should lose hope every day."
And I came to believe
in a power much higher than I
I came to believe that I needed help to get
by
In childlike faith I gave in and gave him a try
And I came to believe
in a power much higher than I
Yes, I came to believe in a power much
higher than I
Love's Been Good To Me
I have been a
rover
I have walked alone
Hiked a hundred highways
Never found a
home
Still in all I'm happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while
along the way
Love's been good to me
There was a girl in
Denver
Before the summer storm
Oh, her eyes were tender
Oh, her arms
were warm
And she could smile away the thunder
Kiss away the rain
Even
though she's gone away
You won't hear me complain
I have been a
rover
I have walked alone
Hiked a hundred highways
Never found a
home
Still in all I'm happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while
along the way
Love's been good to me
There was a girl in
Portland
Before the winter chill
We used to go a-courtin'
Along October
hill
And she could laugh away the dark clouds
Cry away the snow
It
seems like only yesterday
As down the road I go
I've been a rover
I
have walked alone
Hiked a hundred highways
Never found a home
Still in
all I'm happy
The reason is, you see
Once in a while along the
way
Love's been good to me
A Legend In My Time
If heartaches
brought fame in love's crazy game,
I'd be a legend in my time.
If they
gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets,
I'd be a legend in my
time.
But they don't give awards, and there's no praise or fame
For
hearts that are broken for love that's in vain.
If loneliness meant world
acclaim,
Everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend in my time.
Rose Of My Heart
We're the best partners
this world's ever seen,
Together as close as can be.
But sometimes it's
hard to find time in between,
To tell you what you mean to me.
You are
the rose of my heart,
You are the love of my life.
A flower not fading nor
falling apart,
If you're tired, rest your head on my arm.
Rose of my
heart.
When sorrow holds you in its arms of clay,
It's rain drops that
fall from your eyes.
Your smile's like the sun come to earth for a
day,
You brighten my blackest of skies.
You are the rose of my
heart,
You are the love of my life.
A flower not fading nor falling
apart,
If you're cold, let my love make you warm.
Rose of my
heart.
So hard times or easy times, what do I care,
There's nothing
I'd change if I could.
The tears and the laughter are things that we
share,
Your hand in mine makes it good.
You are the rose of my
heart,
You are the love of my life.
A flower not fading nor falling
apart,
If you're cold, let my love make you warm.
Rose of my
heart.
You are the rose of my heart,
You are the love of my life.
A
flower not fading nor falling apart,
If you're cold, let my love make you
warm.
Rose of my heart.
Four Strong Winds
Four strong winds that
blow lonely, seven seas that run high,
All these things that won't change,
come what may.
Well our good times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving
on.
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way.
Think I'll go out to
Alberta, weather's good there in the fall.
Got some friends that I can go to
workin' for.
Yet I wish you'd change your mind, if I asked you one more
time
But we've been through this a hundred times or more.
Four
strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high,
All these things
that won't change, come what may.
Well our good times are all gone, and I'm
bound for moving on.
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this
way.
If I get there before the snow flies, and if things are looking
good.
You could meet me if I sent you down the fare,
But by then it would
be winter, not much for you to do.
And the winds can sure blow cold way up
there.
Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run
high,
All these things that won't change, come what may.
Well our good
times are all gone, and I'm bound for moving on.
I'll look for you if I'm
ever back this way.
I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now
I got
rid of the shackles that bound me and the guards that were always around
me
There were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail
But I'm free from
the chain gang now
All the years I was known and respected 'til one day I was
wrongly suspected
I was shackled in chains in a cold freezin' rain but I'm
free from the chain gang now
All the years I was known by a
number how I kept my mind is a wonder
But like a bird in a tree I got my
liberty and I'm free from the chain gang now
I got rid of the shackles that
bound me and the guards that were always around me
There were tears on the
mail mother sent me in jail
But I'm free from the chain gang now
There
were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail
But I'm free from the chain
gang now
I Won't Back Down
Well I won't back
down, no I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I
won't back down
Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around
And I'll
keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground and I won't back
down
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
and I won't back down
Well I know what's right, I got just one life
In
a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I stand my ground and I won't
back down
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey I will stand my
ground and I won't back down
No I won't back down.