A Picture Of Jesus Song Lyrics and Chords by Nancy Moore
A Picture Of Jesus
Recorded by Nancy Moore
Written by Dixie Hall and Tom T. Hall
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On a journey through the
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mountains of
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Virginia
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stopped a while to visit with a
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friend
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ran the country store like her
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daddy had before
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Nothing much had changed since way back
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then
I stood
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looking at a
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wall of faded
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pictures
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Some of them beginning to turn
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brown
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John and uncle Jim up there
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with Loretta Lynn
And
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everybody who had been in
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town
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Pictures on the wall famous
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people one and all
Their
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pictures were hanging on the
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Among them all I
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saw the face of
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Jesus
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With the big celebrities we know so
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well
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When I asked her why she
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gave me this reply
She
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said that's a story that I love to
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tell
She
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said it was a
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year ago come
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Sunday
An
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old man with a bible came to
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call
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said do you love Jesus she said
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yes
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But
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he just looked up sadly at the
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wall
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Pictures on the wall famous
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people on the wall
No
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pictures of Jesus on the
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Full of shame she
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ran to get a
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picture
She put
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Jesus in the middle of the
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store
She
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turned to thank the stranger for
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his
wisdom
There was
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just a patch of sunlight on the
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floor
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Pictures on the wall famous
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people one and all
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picture of Jesus on the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song A Picture Of Jesus?
- The song A Picture Of Jesus was sang by Nancy Moore.
Who is Nancy Moore?
- James Strom Thurmond Jr. (born October 18, 1972) is a former United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina and 2nd Circuit Solicitor. He is the son of former United States Senator Strom Thurmond and Nancy Moore Thurmond. His younger brother, Paul, is a former member of the South Carolina Senate. He is the half brother of the late author Essie Mae Washington-Williams, through his father. Thurmond graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1995 and University of South Carolina School of Law in 1998. He is the oldest currently living child of Strom Thurmond following the deaths of his older sister Nancy in 1993 and his half-sister Essie in 2013.
