Well, they say that I'm too country, the way I look and sound. They wanna to make me over, just a little more uptown. Say I need to change my image, now tell me what's that mean. Don't they know I've got country in my genes?
Well, I can't help the way I talk, I wouldn't change it if I could. Sophisticated ain't my style, but country fits me good. I ain't ashamed to wear what's been handed down to me. Lord, I've got country in my genes.
I've got country in my genes, country in my blood. It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of. It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see. I'm just an old hillybilly with a country song to sing. Lord, I've got country in my genes.
Oh that Earl Scruggs.
If country's hit the big time, me, I'm still the same. I ain't above my raisin' and I ain't about to change. I wouldn't trade my Wranglers for the finest gaberdine. Lord, I've got country in my genes.
I've got country in my genes, country in my blood. It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of. It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see. I'm just an old hillybilly with a country song to sing. Lord, I've got country in my genes.
I've got country in my genes, country in my blood. It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of. It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see. I'm an old Kentucky hillybilly with a country song to sing. Lord, I've got country in my genes.
I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room All I want's the love you promised beneath the hallow moon But you think I should be happy with your money and your name And hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheating game.
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine And I dare never drown my sorrow's in the warm glow of your wine You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine And I dare not drown my sorrow's in the warm glow of your wine You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine...
(Oh mama why did God take my daddy?) ('Cause I'd been good just like he said to be) (I heard daddy pray, dear Lord don't take me from them) (Oh mama, why did God take him from me?)
Come here son, you've asked mama somethin' That's even hard for me to understand For there's one thing I do know Daddy wouldn't wanna see those tears in the eyes of this big man.
So stop cryin' now and listen real careful To every word mama has to say, you see son God picks the sweetest most beautiful flowers that grow And he makes them the brightest shiniest stars that glow.
Now daddy talked with the Lord every day And daddy and God'll be real close So let's just say it seems that God takes The ones he loves the most.
(Oh mama, why did God take my daddy?) Son you haven't heard a word that mama said So come on now let's say your prayers And mama tuck you in bed.
And we must have questioned God 'Cause he already has everything planned And honey daddy can't ever come back to us Though we can go to him.
Oh well I'm tired and so weary but I must go along Till my Lord comes and calls me calls me away oh yes Oh well the morning's so bright and the lamb is the light And the night night is as black as the sea oh yes There will be peace 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 troubles I'll see There will be peace peace in the valley for me
Well the bear will be gentle and the wolf will be tame And the lion shall lay down down by the lamb oh yes And the beast from the wild will be lead by little child And I'll be changed changed from this creature that I am oh yes There will be peace
There's a land beyond the river that we call the sweet forever And we only reach that shore by fate you see Yes I want to see my Jesus shake his hand and hear him greet us When they ring those golden bells for you and me Don't you hear the bells a ringing can't you hear the angels singing This glory hallelujah jubilee In that far off sweet forever just beyond the shining river When they ring those golden bells for you and me
When our days have known the number when in death we'll sweetly slumber When the king commands the spirit to be free There'll be no more stormy weather we'll live peacefully together When they ring those golden bells for you and me Don't you hear the bells a ringing...
Oh Lord my God when I in all some wonder Considered all the worlds Thy hands have made I see the stars I hear the roaring thunder Thy art throughout the universe displayed Then sings my soul Thy save dear God to Thee How great Thou art how great Thou art Then sings my soul
When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation To take me home what joy shall fill my heart Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim my God how great Thou art Then sings my soul
I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold I'd rather be his than have riches untold I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land I'd rather be led by his nail pierced hands Than to be the queen of the best domain and beheld in sin's dreads way I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today
I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause I'd rather be faithful to his dear cause I'd rather have Jesus then world wide things I'd rather be true to his holy name Than to be the queen
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain So I'll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown [ piano ] Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world is a wonderous attraction for me For the dear lamb of God left this glory above to bare it to dark calvary So I'll cherish the old rugged cross...
I love to hear those good old songs they sing unto the Lord I love to play my old guitar with them and I wanna choir I'm looking forward to the day when I'll reach glory land I'll have a harp with golden strings to play with the angel band
I'm gonna trade my old guitar for a harp with golden strings I'm gonna play like David did unto my Lord in pain We'll gather round the great white throne and make the heaven's ring I'm gonna trade my old guitar for a harp with golden strings [ ac.guitar ] I hear songs of every time that gives my heart a trill Songs of love and happiness and songs about the hills
But of all the songs I've ever heard there's none that can compare To the songs I'll hear the angels sing when I get over there
I'm gonna trade my old guitar... I'm gonna trade my old guitar for a harp with golden strings
He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole wide world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the little bitty baby in his hands He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands...
He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got you and me sister in his hands He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands...
He's got everybody here in his hands he's got everybody here in his hands He's got everybody here in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands He's got the whole world in his hands... He's got the whole world in his hands...
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 time for me shall be no more Guide me gently safely o'er to Thy kingdom shores to Thy shores Just a closer walk
My heavenly home is bright and fair I feel like traveling on No pain nor death can inner there I feel like traveling on Yes I feel like traveling on I feel like traveling on My heavenly home is bright and fair I feel like traveling on [ ac.guitar ] Its glittering towers the sun outshines I feel like traveling on That heavenly mansion shall be mine I feel like traveling on Yes I feel like traveling on... [ dobro ] The Lord has been so good to me I feel like traveling on
Until that blessed home I see I feel like traveling on Yes I feel like traveling on...
Toll no bell for me Father But let this cup of suffering pass from me Send me no shepherd to heal my world But the Angel - the dream foretold Prayed more than thrice for you to see The wolf of loneliness in me Not my own will but Yours be done. You wake up where's the tomb? Will Easter come, enter my room? The Lord weeps with me But my tears fall for you. Another Beauty Loved by a Beast Another tale of infinite dreams Your eyes they were my paradise Your smile made my sun rise. Forgive me for I don't know what I gain
Alone in this garden of pain Enchantment has but one truth: I weep to have what I fear to lose. You wake up where's the tomb? Will Easter come, enter my room? The Lord weeps with me But my tears fall for you. I knew you never before I see you never more But the love the pain the hope O beautiful one Have made you mine 'till all my years are done. Without you The poetry within me is dead...
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling calling for you and for me See on the portal he's waiting and watching watching for you and for me Come home come home ye who are weary come home Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling calling oh sinner come home
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading pleading for you and for me Why should we linger and heed not his mercies mercies for you and for me Come home come home
I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in And then a little light from heaven filled my soul He bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above And just a little talk with my Jesus made me whole (Now let us) have a little talk with Jesus (let us) tell him all about our troubles (He will) hear our faintest cry (and we will) answer by and by (Now when you) feel a little prayer wheel turning (Then you'll) know a little fire is burning (You will) find a little talk with Jesus makes it right
(Now let us) have a little talk
I may have doubts and fears my eyes be filled with tears But Jesus is a friend who watches day and night I go to him in prayer he knows my every care And just a little talk with my Jesus gonna makes it right (Now let us) have a little talk (Makes it right)
Ever since you left me I've done nothing but wrong. Many nights I've layed awake and cried. We was so happy. My heart was in a whirl, But now I'm a honky tonk girl.
So turn that jukebox way up high, And fill my glass up while I cry. I've lost everything in this world, And now I'm a honky tonk girl.
I just can't make a right with all of my wrongs, Every evening of my life seems so long, I'm sorry and ashamed for all these things you see, But losing him has made a fool of me.
So fill my glass up to the rim, To lose my memory of him, I've lost everything in this world, And now I'm a Honky Tonk Girl
We used to go out walkin' hand in hand You told me of the big things you had planned It wasn't long till all your dreams came true Success put me in second place with you
You have no time to love me anymore Since fame and fortune knocked upon our door Now I spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home [ fiddle - steel ] If we could share an evening now and then
Perhaps we'd find true happiness again You'll never hold me like you used to do It's funny what success has done to you You have no time to love me...
