Johnny Cash - Cowboys Prayer

( 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 ,