Where the Roses Never Fade - Old Time Gospel Hour Quartet

Come with me to a place no eyes have ever seen A million miles from here where no one's ever been God-given grace and a holy Heaven face I'm on the edge of something shattering I'm coming through "Ok, let's fly", she says: "This carpet's made for two" This ugly little box, no place for me and you Our carpet falls on a dew-fresh daffil plain Take a look around, there's something happening All the colours fade I don't want you now, bang, bang, bang gone Oh, I don't need you now, the seeds are sown Oh, bang, bang pretty, pretty bang, bang I don't think so, no, no I don't think so, no, no Bang bang, bang bang Below the country rolls like a mighty boiling sea The warm red sun gives up and sinks into the trees But I'm no fool, I can't stand here betrayed Take a look around, there's something happening All the colours fade I don't want you now, bang, bang, bang gone Oh, I don't need you now, the seeds are sown Oh, bang, bang pretty, pretty bang, bang I don't think so, no, no I don't think so, no, no Bang bang, bang bang

They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me that, I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her, I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the color of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild When he knocked on my door and entered the room My trembling subsided in his sure embrace He would be my first man, and with a careful hand He wiped at the tears that ran down my face They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me that, I do not know For my name was Elisa day On the second day, I brought her a flower She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow So sweet and scarlet and free?" On the second day, he came with a single red rose He said, "Give me your loss and your sorrow?" I nodded my head as I lay on the bed If I show you the roses, will you follow? They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me that, I do not know For my name was Elisa Day On the third day he took me to the river He showed me the roses and we kissed And the last thing I heard was a muttered word As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief And I kissed her goodbye, said "All beauty must die" And I knelt down and planted a rose between her teeth They call me The Wild Rose But my name is Elisa Day Why they call me it, I do not know For my name was Elisa Day My name was Elisa Day For my name was Elisa Day

I'm an old man now, I can't do nothing Young folks don't pay me no mind But in my day, I sure was something Before I felt the heavy hand of time I'm an old man now, I'm bound for glory Time to lay these burdens down Had enough of this old world of worry Gonna trade my troubles for a crown I will make my way across the fields of cotton And wade through muddy waters one last time And in my dreams I come out clean When I reach the other side Waste away the sunsets Where rainbows never die I've got on last thing to do One more mile before I'm through Casting off these earthly chains Going where there's no more pain I will make my way across the fields of cotton And wade through muddy waters one last time And in my dreams I come out clean When I reach the other side Waste away the sunsets Where rainbows never die I'm an old man now, can't do nothing Young folks don't pay me no mind

Praise him, praise him, praise him Praise him, praise him, praise him Praise him, praise him, praise him, praise him Yeah, now it's gospel time now Move to the left in the name of Jesus Move to the right in the name of the Lord Could I see you just shake that booty that Jesus gave you? Shake that booty in the name of the Lord A salvation time gonna sing a little song Everybody has to know Everybody has to know who Jesus is He's the lily of the valley, he's the brightest morning star He's the fairest of ten thousand, everybody has to know Real, real, real Christ, so real to me I love him, give us the victory Many people doubt him, I can't do without him That is why I love him so, he's so real to me Move to the left in the name of Jesus Move to the right in the name of the Lord Shake that booty that Jesus gave you Shake that booty in the name of the Lord Lay down my burden, down by the riverside Down by the riverside, down by the riverside Lay down my burden down by the riverside Study war no more Study war no more, study war no more Study war no more, study war no more Study war no more, study war no more Move to the left in the name of Jesus Move to the right in the name of the Lord Shake that booty that Jesus gave you Shake that booty in the name of the Lord One, two, three, four, five, six, seven I am on my way to Heaven by the grace of God in me Nine, eight, seven and six, five, four, three Across the bridge there'll be no sorrows Across the bridge there'll be no pain The sun will shine across the river And I'll never be unhappy again Move to the left in the name of Jesus Move to the right in the name of the Lord Shake that booty that Jesus gave you Shake that booty in the name of the Lord Move to the left in the name of Jesus Move to the right in the name of the Lord

As the world looks upon me, As I struggle along, And they say I have nothing, But they are so wrong, In my heart I'm rejoicing, How I wish they could see, Thank You Lord for Your blessings on me! There's a roof up above me, And I've a good place to sleep, There's food on my table, And shoes on my feet, You gave me Your Love Lord, And a fine family, Thank You Lord for Your blessings on me! I know I'm not weathly, And these clothes are not new, And I don't have much money, But Lord I have You! And to me thats all that matters, Though the world may not see, Thank You Lord for Your blessings on me! Thank You Lord for Your blessings on me!