Come A Little Closer To The Lord Song Lyrics and Chords
Come A Little Closer To The Lord Song Lyrics and Chords by Jimmie Davis
Come A Little Closer To The Lord
Recorded by Jimmie Davis
Written by Charles Goodman and Jimmie Davis
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Come a little closer
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just a little closer
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little bit closer to the
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Lord
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head will override me
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and your days are brightness
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Come a little
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closer to the
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If troubles of the world seem to bother you so
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burdens seem to get you
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down
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heart is heavy and your
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feet get slow
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All you wanna do is
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frown
I can
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tell you of a cure and it doesn't cost much
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price anybody can
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afford
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All you gotta do brother
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I'm telling
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you
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come a little
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closer to the
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Repeat #1
Not so very long ago brother I was like you
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Traveling down the road of
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sin
With my
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head hanging low
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trouble in my soul
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Praying for the day it would
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end
Then an
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old time preacher came calling one day
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good book read a few
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words
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I can even say I'm
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glad of the
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day
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came a little
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closer to the
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Repeat #1 x2
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Come a little
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closer to the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Come A Little Closer To The Lord?
- The song Come A Little Closer To The Lord was sang by Jimmie Davis.
Who is Jimmie Davis?
- James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 - November 5, 2000) was an American politician, singer and songwriter of both sacred and popular songs. Davis was elected for two nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the governor of his native Louisiana.
Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, occasionally recording and performing as late as the early 1990s. He appeared as himself in a number of Hollywood movies. He was inducted into six halls of fame, including the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. At the time of his death in 2000, he was the oldest living former governor as well as the last living governor to have been born in the 19th century.
