I Love Him Dearly Song Lyrics and Chords by Webb Pierce
I Love Him Dearly
Recorded by Webb Pierce
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e burning deep
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inside of me
And this love for my Lord
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Jesus I must
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tell
When I
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look down the road I left behind me
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I see how easily I could have
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fell
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I shutter when I think what
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could have
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happened
But He reached out His
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glove and lifted
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erful and I love Hi
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dearly than the
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spoken word can
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Once it seem that
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there was no way
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out for me
This baron loneli
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ness was all a
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round
From temp
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tation I never thought that I'd be free
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Until one day His precious love I
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found
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He's so great He eve
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n loves the like
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s of me
My life that was once
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torn is now at
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peace
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erful and I love Hi
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dearly than the
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spoken word can
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I have no fear of
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death with Him
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The agonies of life
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and pain are
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I'v
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e set my sights to be with Him in heaven
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I can hardly wait to see Him on His
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throne
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I live life to tell the
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world about
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Him
And His wondrous love that
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I had never
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known
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erful and I love Hi
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dearly than the
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spoken word can
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dearly than the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I Love Him Dearly?
- The song I Love Him Dearly was sang by Webb Pierce.
Who is Webb Pierce?
- Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 - February 24, 1991) was an American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade.
His biggest hit was "In the Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one. Pierce also charted number one for several weeks each with his recordings of "Slowly" (1954), "Love, Love, Love" (1955), "I Don't Care" (1955), "There Stands the Glass" (1953), "More and More" (1954), "I Ain't Never" (1959), and his first number one "Wondering," which stayed at the top spot for four of its 27 weeks' charting in 1952.
He recorded country gospel song "I Love Him Dearly" also. His iconic hit "Teenage Boogie" was covered by British band T. Rex as "I Love to Boogie" in 1974, but credited as being written by the group's lead singer Marc Bolan and not Pierce. The music of Webb was also made popular during the British rockabilly scene in the 1980s and 1990s.
For many, Pierce, with his flamboyant Nudie suits and twin silver dollar-lined convertibles, became the most recognizable face of country music of the era and its excesses. Pierce was a one-time member of the Grand Ole Opry and was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. A tribute album in his honor (produced by singer-songwriter Gail Davies) was released in 2001 entitled Caught in the Webb - A Tribute To Country Legend Webb Pierce.
