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Nearer My God To Thee

Al Green

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Nearer My God To Thee

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Nearer, nearerThe minister was preachingAnd the crowd was standing nearThe congregation sang in a tuneIn the hall, it was loud and clearAll of the crowd that stood all around himThey were crying as I could plainly seeOh, the songs that they sang was so touchingThey were singing to my God to TheeNearer my God to theeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeKept on singingNearer my God to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeSometimes, I like to be in companyBut when I get out, I like to stay out for longSong is the only thing that can control me, LordWhen I know trouble, trouble's about to comeI fall down on my knees and call God late at nightAnd I know He'll make my, my burdens alrightI tell him, Lord, I have a desire to beNearer, nearer my God to Thee, AlleluiaNearer my God to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer my God to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeI remember I was a little boyMother still used to [?]I used to wonder what my mother was doing, have mercy, LordI stepped out one morning found mother all folded upAnd mother had to rise up, she was looking towards the skyAnd I saw the tears as they fell down my mothers eyesAnd I can still hear the song mother was singingNearer my God to TheeNearer my God to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee, nearer to TheeNearer to Thee

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