Johnny Cash – Cowboys Prayer (Guitar)

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(verse 1)

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Lord, I've never lived where churches grow,  

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I loved creation better as it stood,

That day you finished it so long ago,

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And looked upon your work and called it good,

(verse 2)

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I know that others find you in the light, 

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That sifted down through tinted window panes,

And yet I seem to feel you near tonight

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In this dim , quiet starlight on the plains,

(verse 3)

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I thank you, Lord, that I'm placed so well, 

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That you've made my freedom so complete,

That I'm no slave to whistle, clock or bell,

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Nor weak eyed prisoner of Wall Street,

(verse 4)

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Just let me live my life as I've begun, 

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And give me work that's open to the sky,

Make me a partner of the wind and sun,

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And I won't ask a life that's soft or high,

(verse 5)

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Let me be easy on the man that's down, 

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Let me be square and generous with all,

I'm careless sometimes, Lord, when I'm in town,

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But never let 'em say I'm mean or small,