Robbins, Cash, Petersens. Big Iron

[Verse 1]
To the town of Agua Fria
Rode a stranger one fine day
Hardly spoke to folks around him
Didn't have too much to say
No one dared to ask his business
No one dared to make a slip
The stranger there among them
Had a big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip

[Verse 2]
It was early in the morning
When he rode into the town
He came riding from the south side
Slowly looking all around
"He's an outlaw loose and running"
Came the whisper from each lip
"And he's here to do some business
With the big iron on his hip"
Big iron on his hip

[Verse 3]
In this town there lived an outlaw
By the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him
And that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer
Though a youth of twenty-four
And the notches on his pistol
Numbered one and nineteen more
One and nineteen more

[Verse 4]
Now the stranger started talking
Made it plain to folks around
Was an Arizona Ranger
Wouldn't be too long in town
He came here to take an outlaw
Back alive, or maybe dead
And he said it didn't matter
He was after Texas Red
After Texas Red

[Verse 5]
Wasn't long before the story
Was relayed to Texas Red
But the outlaw didn't worry
Men that tried before were dead
Twenty men had tried to take him
Twenty men had made a slip
Twenty-one would be the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip

[Verse 6]
The morning passed so quickly
It was time for them to meet
It was twenty past eleven
When they walked out in the street
Folks were watching from the windows
Everybody held their breath
They knew this handsome Ranger
Was about to meet his death
'Bout to meet his death

[Verse 7]
There was forty feet between them
When they stopped to make their play
And the swiftness of the Ranger
Is still talked about today
Texas Red had not cleared leather
'Fore a bullet fairly ripped
And the Ranger's aim was deadly
With the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip

[Verse 8]
It was over in a moment
And the folks had gathered round
There before them lay the body
Of the outlaw on the ground
Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip

[Outro]
Big iron, big iron
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip
Big iron on his hip

There's a higher power. Louvin Bros.

When burdens seem to overcome there's a higher power
Who's faithful and refuses none there's a higher power
Then why ask men to help you through there's a higher power
They're helpless pilgrims just like you there's a higher power

Let's sing it shout it walk it talk it there's a higher power
Lay down your soul cause Jesus bought it there's a higher power
Amen amen there's a higher power amen amen there's a higher power

Bridge I
Go tell them people lost in sin there's a higher power
They need not fear the works of men there's a higher power
Believe in him who rests on high there's a higher power
Unless they do they'll surely die there's a higher power

Let's sing it shout it walk it talk it there's a higher power
Lay down your soul cause Jesus bought it there's a higher power
Amen amen there's a higher power amen amen there's a higher power

Bridge II
Those men have built these mighty guns there's a higher power
They've built these automobiles that run there's a higher power
But brothers and sisters mark this down there's a higher power
They can't build you no heavenly crown there's a higher power

Let's sing it shout it walk it talk it there's a higher power
Lay down your soul cause Jesus bought it there's a higher power
Amen amen there's a higher power amen amen there's a higher power

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Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Charles Louvin / Ira Louvin There’s a Higher Power lyrics © Sony/atv Acuff Rose Music

Solomon Burke. You're good for me

Intro
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You're a bad little girl, it's true
But I'm not gonna walk out on you
They say you're a good for nothin' girl
But I'll stand up and tell the world

You're good for me, oh, yes, you are
You're good for me, oh
Like the honey is good for the bee
You're good for me, mmm

You do two wrongs for every right
You put salt in my coffee just for spite
You're no good for yourself
You're no good for nobody else

But you're good for me, oh
You're good for me, oh
Sugar dumpling, can't you see
You're good for me, let me tell you 'bout it

Short bridge
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, oh, oh

I was down on my sick bed
It was the end for me, everyone said
Doctor Jones did all he could
Only your love did me some good

You're good for me, oh, yes, you are
You're good for me, oh
Like the sugar is good for the tea
You're good for me, and that's all I'm living for is you, darlin'

Outro
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You make me wanna moan sometimes
Oh, let me tell you 'bout it, baby, one more time, now
Yeah, yeah, yeah

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Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Don Covay / Horace Ott
You're Good for Me lyrics © Cotillion Music Inc., Vonglo Music

Burnett Sisters. What a friend we have in Jesus

1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!

Bridge
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!

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Other verses:
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer!

Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer!

3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge--
take it to the Lord in prayer!

Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he'll take and shield you;
you will find a solace there.

Brandenbergers. Are you washed in the blood?

1 Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Refrain:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Break

2 Are you walking daily by the Savior's side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Refrain:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Break

3 When the Bridegroom comes will your robes be white?
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
and be washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Refrain:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

4 Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin.
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean.
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb!

Refrain:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless?
Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Pretenders. Back on the chain gang

I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
Well it hijacked my world at night
To a place in the past we've been cast out of, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
Now we're back in the fight

We're back on the train, yeah (ho-ah)
O-oh, back on the chain gang (ho-ah)

Circumstance beyond our control, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
The phone, the TV and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from Hell, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies

And put us back on the train, yeah (ho-ah)
O-oh, (ho-ah) back on the chain gang

The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you

Well, I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall to ruin one day
For making us part

I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, o-o-oh, o-o-oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart

Now I'm back on the train, yeah(ho-ah)
O-oh, back on the chain gang(ho-ah)

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Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Chrissie Hynde
Back on the Chain Gang lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, Hipgnosis Side B

Sam Cooke. Chain gang

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I hear something saying
(Hooh! Ah!)
(Hooh! Ah!)
(Hooh! Ah!)
(Hooh! Ah!)

(Well don't you know)
That's the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, ga-ang
That's the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, gang

All day long they're singing
(Hooh! Ah!)
(Hooh! Ah!)
(Hooh! Ah!)
(Hooh! Ah!)

That's the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, ga-ang
That's the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, gang

All day long they work so hard till the sun is going down
Working on the highways and byways and wearing, wearing a frown
You hear they moaning their lives away
Then you hear somebody say

That's the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, ga-ang
That's the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, gang

Can't you hear them singing, mmm
I'm going home one of these days
I'm going home, see my woman
Whom I love so dear
But meanwhile I gotta work right here

That's the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, ga-ang
That's the sound of the men,
Working on the chain, gang

All day long they're singing, mmm
My work is so hard
Give me water
I'm thirsty, my work is so hard
Woah ooo
My work is so hard
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