Randy Travis

"Saginaw, Michigan"
(originally by Lefty Frizzell)

"Saginaw, Michigan"
(originally by Lefty Frizzell)



I was born in Saginaw Michigan
I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay
My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman
Too many times he came home with too little pay

I love a girl in Saginaw Michigan
The daughter of a wealthy wealthy man
But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
Not good enough to claim his daughters hand

Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold
Like a crazy fool I'm digging in this frozen ground so cold
But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then
I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw Michigan

I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan
I said Honey I'm coming home please wait for me
You can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history

Her dad met me in Saginaw Michigan
He gave me a great big party with champagne
Then he said Son you're a wise young ambitious man
Will you sell you're father in law your Klondike claim

Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold cold ground
The greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found
It serves him right and no one here is missing him
Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan
The happiest man and wife in Saginaw Michigan
 
"Satisfied Mind"

"Satisfied Mind"


Many more miles were behind him
Than he had left to go
Closing in upon that last one
We all must walk alone
It's the one across the end of the line
So we held on and we told stories
Of the good and bad in all
Of the power and the glory
And the lonely days that crawled
He said heaven holds true love
And a satisfied mind.

He said I ain't afraid of dying
'Cause I know there's something worse
When you have to see your reason for livin' go first
And you get left behind
Some can't think of nothing better
Than to live this life forever
I never wanted no more than was mine
And to lay down someday and go home
With a satisfied mind.

He said don't look into the darkness
If you want to see true black
Look into a morning's brightness
When love ain't coming back
You will find right there a darkness that blinds
And don't think wealth is ever having
All you want all to yourself
It is found when you are giving
What you have to someone else
The only difference in the rich and the poor
Is a satisfied mind.

And one light began to fade
As one grew brighter
And he said I ain't afraid of dying
'Cause I know there's something worse
When you have to see your reason for livin' go first
And you get left behind.

Some can't think of nothing better
Than to live this life forever
I never wanted no more than was mine
And to lay down someday and go home
Let me lay down someday and go home
With a satisfied mind...
 
"See Myself In You"

"See Myself In You"


If I met you, on the corner,
Would I know you, as you are?
Would I take you, for a stranger,
And brush past you in the door?
If you called me, would I hear you,
Or would I walk away too soon?
If I lingerd for a moment,
Would I see myself in you?

If I fought you, like a soldier,
If I had you in my sights.
Would you ask me to remember,
Who imagined, I was right?
If you witnessed my surrender,
Do I know what I would do?
If You held me, like my brother,
Would I see myself in you?

Well, I dreamed my end was near,
I was almost gone.
If I dream that dream from here,
Can I still come home?

[Instrumental]

If you called me, would I hear you,
Do I know, what would I do?
If you held me like my father,
Would I see myself in you?

If you held me like my father,
Would I see myself in you?...
 
"Send My Body"

"Send My Body"


Well that judge he found me guilty of wrong doing
And he sentenced me to hang in mid July
He look down at me and said you're lifes a ruin
If I were you I'd break right down and cry
But nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty
'Cause I never did the things they said I've done
But I guess they're gonna have to hang somebody
And It's lookin' like I'm goin to be the one

[Chorus:]
So send my body home on a freight train
And don't worry none that I don't go first class
Send my body home on a freight train
So everyone can see me when I pass
And don't worry none about no fancy funeral
It don't matter how they lay me down
Just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
And send my body back to my home town

[Instrumental]

My mama was one damn hard workin' woman
She tried to raise us kids without a pa
The last thing that she said she was on her dying bed
Was son don't get in trouble with the law
Whenever my time comes to meet my maker
I'm going to try to do my very best
I'm going try to stand and take it like a man
When they ask if I have one request

[Chorus:]
I'll just say .....
Send my body home on a freight train
And don't worry none that I don't go first class
Send my body home on a freight train
So everyone can see me when I pass
And don't worry none about no fancy funeral
'Cause it don't matter how they lay me down
Just See they bury me out by mama's apple tree
And send my body back to my home town

Yes, just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
And send my body back to my home town...
 
"Set 'Em Up Joe"
(originally by Vern Gosdin)

"Set 'Em Up Joe"
(originally by Vern Gosdin)



They got a vintage Victoria 1951
Full of my favorite records that I grew up on
They got ole Hank and Lefty and there's B-24
Set 'em up Joe and play Walking the Floor
Set 'em up Joe and play Walking the Floor

[Chorus:]
I'm gonna spend the night like every night before
Play an ET and I'll play 'em some more
I've gotta have a shot of them old troubadours
Set 'em up Joe and play Walking The Floor
Set 'em up Joe and play Walking The Floor

All my neon neighbors they like what I play
'Cause they've heard it every night since you've walked away
Everyday they replace ole B-24
'Cause every night I run a needle through Walking the Floor
Every night I run a needle through Walking the Floor

[Chorus]
 
"Shall We Gather At The River?"

"Shall We Gather At The River?"


Shall we gather at the river
Where bright angels feet have trod
With it's crystal tides forever
Flowing by the throne of God.

Yes, we'll gather at that river
The beautiful, the beautiful river
Gather with the saints at that river
That flows by the throne of God.

[Instrumental]

When we reach that shining river
We'll lay every burden down
Then grace our spirits will deliver
And will receive our robe and crown.

Yes, we'll gather at that river
The beautiful, the beautiful river
Gather with the saints at that river
That flows by the throne of God.

[Instrumental]

Soon we'll reach that silver river
Soon our pilgrimage will cease
Soon our happy hearts will quiver
With the melody of peace.

Yes, we'll gather at that river
The beautiful, the beautiful river
Gather with the saints at that river
That flows by the throne of God.

Oh yes, we'll gather at that river
That flows by the throne of God.
That flows by the throne of God...
 
"Shallow Water"

"Shallow Water"


I will not drown in shallow water
Not with your love within my reach
I did not come this far to falter
And will not rest until I'm free

You are the sun you are the flower
You are the wind across the sea
And I will kneel here at your alter
And pray you'll take my soul to keep

Oh precious one you are the mountain
You are the earth beneath my feet
In you we're one now and forever
In you I find the love in me

Through your love my eyes are open
Through your love I'll learn to see
And in your name my bread is broken
By your grace I'll rest in peace

I will not drown in shallow water
Not with your love within my reach
I did not come this far to falter
And will not rest until I'm free

Through your love my eyes are open
Through your love I'll learn to see
And in your name my bread is broken
By your grace I'll rest in peace

I will not drown in shallow water
Not with your love within my reach
I did not come this far to falter
And will not rest until I'm free

I will not rest until I'm free
Until I'm free
 
"Shopping For Dresses"
(feat. Loretta Lynn)

"Shopping For Dresses"
(feat. Loretta Lynn)



Down through the ages men have died for women
And they done so, so many times
Each time I loved one, I always lost one
Seems like the right one is so hard to find.

And, I'm Shopping for dresses with no one to wear them
One in each color, and one in each style.
Maybe someday if I'm lucky
I'll find someday to wear them,
And my shopping will be done for awhile.

Somewhere a lady's shopping for britches
Comparing the value, and appraising each pair.
Maybe someday the good Lord will bring us together
And we'll both have new wardrobes to wear

I'm shopping for dresses with no one to wear them
One in each color, and one in each style.
Maybe someday if I'm lucky
I'll find someone to wear them
And my shopping will be done for awhile.

Maybe someday if good Lord
Will put us together
And my shopping will be done for awhile
 
"Shout To The Lord"

"Shout To The Lord"


My Jesus, my Savior
Lord, there is none like You
All of my days I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love

My Comfort, my Shelter
Tower of refuge and strength
Let every breath, all that I am
Never cease to worship You

Shout to the Lord
All the earth, let us sing
Power and majesty
Praise to the King
Mountains bow down
And the seas will roar
At the sound of Your name
I sing for joy
At the work of Your hands
Forever I'll love You
Forever I'll stand
Nothing compares to the promise
I have in You
 
"Since Jesus Came Into My Heart"

"Since Jesus Came Into My Heart"


What a wonderful change in my life has been brought
Since Jesus came into my heart
I had lied in my soul for so long I have sought
When Jesus came into my heart

Since Jesus came into my heart
Since Jesus came into my heart
Floods of joy fill my soul like
When sea billows roll
Since Jesus came into my heart

Floods of joy filled my soul like when sea billows roll
Since Jesus came into my heart
 
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