Beyond The Last Mile Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Paycheck
Beyond The Last Mile
Recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Written by Rex Griffin
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I'm watching the clock tick the hours
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away
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For soon I know I must hang at the dawn of the
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day
But why should I fear death when it's life
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anew
And
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dying only brings me much closer to
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you
You left me in anger to walk by the
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sea
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And when they found your body they blamed it on
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me
But we know it's not so so wait for a
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while
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And then we'll walk together beyond the last
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mile
The stars hide their face to make way for the
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sun
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And soon I must pay for a thing I never
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done
While some people walk the streets with a
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smile
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know that we'll be walking beyond the last
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mile
The chaplain is making his last plea to
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God
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And soon up the numbered steps I will
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trod
But my footsteps won't falter I'll walk with a
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smile
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And then we'll be together beyond the last
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mile
FAQ
Who sang the the song Beyond The Last Mile?
- The song Beyond The Last Mile was sang by Johnny Paycheck.
Who is Johnny Paycheck?
- Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle May 31, 1938 - February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5).
