Back To The Cross Song Lyrics and Chords by Lester Flatt
Back To The Cross
Recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Written by Jessie Mae Martin
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I'm out on the sea filled with
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sorrows
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Tossed like a ship to and
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fro
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seeking the help of my
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Savior
By the
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way of the
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cross I must
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go
Back to the cross and to
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Jesus
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Back to the cross I am
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called
I've
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drifted too far and I've
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wandered
From the
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Savior that
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once was my
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own
The sins of this world have over
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come
me
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Have pushed and left me to
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roam
So I'm
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going back to my
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Savior
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Back to the
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cross and
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home
Repeat #2
The joys of this life are too
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fleeting
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And I'm left in troubles
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alone
I've
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lost the touch of His
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presence
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drifted too
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far from
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home
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Back To The Cross?
- The song Back To The Cross was sang by Lester Flatt.
Who is Lester Flatt?
- Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in The Foggy Mountain Boys (popularly known as "Flatt and Scruggs").
Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, breaking out as a member of Bill Monroe's band during the 1940s and including multiple solo and collaboration works exclusive of Scruggs. He first reached a mainstream audience through his performance on "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme for the network television series The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s.
