Brother Do You Take Time To Pray Song Lyrics and Chords
Brother Do You Take Time To Pray Song Lyrics and Chords by Little Jimmy Dickens
Brother Do You Take Time To Pray
Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
Written by Truman A. Keeney, Rusty Harp, Jimmy Dickens
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There's a land in the east there's a
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land in the west
Where our
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many friends have gone far
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away
Oh we
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often grieve about them
Wonder
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if we'll ever see them
But
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Brother do we
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take the time to
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pray
To the
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land in the east to the
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land in the west
To the whole wide world I
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say
There will
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be a day of judgement
When our
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Father dear will call us
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Brother do you
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take the time to
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pray
There are those who like to dabble
There are
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those who like to gamble
They
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won't work unless they are payed for every
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hour
Yes we
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growl about our wages and
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about our cost of livin'
But we
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never try to
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help it with a
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prayer
Repeat #2
We're allowed so much of this
We'r
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e allowed so much of that
And our
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pleasures one by one have gone
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astray
All
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because there's someone living
Who don'
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t think there'll be a judgement
And they'
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d rather start
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a war than kneel an
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pray
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Brother Do You Take Time To Pray?
- The song Brother Do You Take Time To Pray was sang by Little Jimmy Dickens.
Who is Little Jimmy Dickens?
- James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 - January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits, in which he is given credit for introducing into country music live performances). He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
