Songs

 

that kept going through my head 

all day yesterday.

(Mothers Day.

1st one since mom passed away

last week.)

Red Clay Strays

God Does

Some days, the devil baits a hook to see if I will bite

A lot of times, it feels like I just can't do right

But I know that God does

Well, I know that God does

Some days, waking up for me alone is such a chore

Sometimes I don't have the strength to go on anymore

But I know that God does

Well, I know that God does

Wherever I'm lacking

It's He who makes me whole

Shining through the darkness

And cleaning out my soul

While I'm fighting daily battles

On Him, I can depend

When I open up my heart

And let him in

When the temperature is rising, patience wearing thin

And I don't have what it takes to cool back down again

But I know that God does

I know that God does

When the rain just keeps on pouring, and I can't see the road

Even with a map, sometimes I don't know where to go

But I know that God does

I know that God does

Wherever I'm lacking

It's he who makes me whole

Shining through the darkness

And cleaning out my soul

While I'm fighting daily battles

On him, I can depend

When I open up my heart

And let him in

When I lie awake at night, fed up with myself

And wonder if I'm good enough for me or someone else

But I know that God does

Well, I know that God does

You got to walk, that lonesome valley

Mississippi John Hurt

Well, this is a, religious song, and it's so true, s'true

I always like to play religious songs, 

especially when you know they're true

This is "You Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley."

You got to walk it for yourself, 

can't nobody walk it for you, this valley,

and I guess you know what valley I'm talkin' 'bout, 

can't nobody walk it for you, 

you got to walk it for yourself, that's right

You got to walk, that lonesome valley

Well, you got to walk, it for yourself

Ain't nobody else, can walk it for you

You got to walk, that valley for yourself

My mother had to walk, that lonesome valley

Well, she had to walk, it for herself

There's nobody else, can walk it for you

Yes, she had to walk, a'that valley for herself

Oh yes, you got to walk, that lonesome valley

Well, you got to walk, it for yourself

There's nobody else, can walk it for you

You got to walk...

My father had to walk, that lonesome valley

He had to walk, it for his'self

There's nobody else, can walk it for him

A'he had to walk...

Oh, Jesus had to walk that lonesome valley

He had to walk, it for His'self

There's nobody else, could walk it for Him

He had to walk, that valley for His'self

Oh yes, you got to walk, that lonesome valley

Well, you got to walk, it for yourself

There's nobody else, can walk it for you

You got to walk, that valley for yourself

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Mississippi John Hurt

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Don't you hear my saviour calling

Who will go and work today

Oh the fields are ripe (white?) and the harvests waiting

Who will go bear those sheaves away

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

If you can not speak like Peter

If you cannot preach like Paul

Well you can tell the love of Jesus

You can say that he died for us all.

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Here am I Oh Lord send me

Hark the voice of Jesus calling

Who will go and work today

Oh the fields are ripe and the harvests waiting

Who will go bear those sheaves away

I shall not, I shall not be moved

Mississippi John Hurt

I shall not, I shall not be moved

Oh I, shall not, I shall not be moved

I shall not, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree planted by the water

I shall not be moved

I'm on my way to heaven, I shall not be moved

On my way to heaven, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree planted by the water

I shall not be moved

Oh I, shall not, I shall not be moved

I shall not, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree planted by the water

I shall not be moved

Oh preacher, I shall not be moved

Oh preacher, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree planted by the water

I shall not be moved

I'm sanctified and holy, I shall not be moved

Sanctified and holy, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree that's planted by the water

I shall not be moved

Oh I, I shall not be moved

I shall not, I shall not be moved

Just like a tree planted by the water

I shall not be moved

Jeremiah 17:5-8

(Added for good measure :-).

This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one 

who trusts in man,

    who draws strength from mere flesh

    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.

6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;

    they will not see prosperity when it comes.

They will dwell in the parched places of the desert,

    in a salt land where no one lives.

7 “But blessed is the one 

who trusts in the Lord,

    whose confidence is in him.

8 They will be like a tree planted by the water

    that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear 

when heat comes;

    its leaves are always green.

It has no worries 

in a year of drought

    and never fails to bear fruit.”

My favorite tree in the world 

for years on end now,

just right down the road

a lil ways.

Lonesome Roads 

Dwight Yoakum

… Where did I go wrong

You know I've never had a clue

I must have just been born no good

'Cause bad's the best that I can do

… Was it just my fate in life

To end up here this way

Lost and all alone

One more black lamb

That's gone astray

… Lonesome roads are the only kind I ever travel

Empty rooms are the only place I ever stay

I'm just a face out in the crowd that looks like trouble

Poor ol' worthless me is the only friend I ever made

… Lonesome roads are the only kind I ever travel

Empty rooms are the only place I ever stay

I'm just a face out in the crowd that looks like trouble

Poor ol' worthless me is the only friend I ever made

… Where did I go wrong

You know I've never had a clue

I must have just been born no good

'Cause bad's the best that I can do

… Was it just my fate in life

To end up here this way

Lost and all alone

One more black lamb

That's gone astray

… Lonesome roads are the only kind I ever travel

Empty rooms are the only place I ever stay

I'm just a face out in the crowd that looks like trouble

Poor ol' worthless me is the only friend I ever made

… Poor ol' worthless me is the only friend I ever made...

Bury Me

Dwight Yoakum

Bury me along the big sandy

Down in those blue gray mountains

Rest my soul in those hills of coal

Until this old earth doesn't tremble

And don't you mourn for me 

when my soul is free

No woman, don't you cry

You just bury me along the big sandy

Under a blue Kentucky sky

This old town of sin, it's about to do me in

I don't know how much I can stand

With my knees on the street and my heart at their feet

I'm forced to beg from Satan's hand

So bury me along the big sandy

Down in those blue gray mountains

Rest my soul in those hills of coal

Until this old earth doesn't tremble

Don't you mourn for me when my soul is free

No woman, don't you cry

You just bury me along the big sandy

Under a blue Kentucky sky

When I came to this land I was strong and I could stand

Oh but now I've somehow gone astray

Yet I still see the truth in the teachings of my youth

And I know that the Lord ain't turned away

So bury me along the big sandy

Down in those blue gray mountains

Rest my soul in those hills of coal

Until this old earth doesn't tremble

Don't you mourn for me when my soul is free

No woman, don't you cry

You just bury me along the big sandy

Under a blue Kentucky sky

Under a blue Kentucky sky

Under a blue Kentucky sky