Lay Your Hands On Me – Song Lyrics
“Lay Your Hands On Me”
Song lyrics for “Lay Your Hands On Me” by Dolly Parton
[Chorus:] Lay Your hands on me
Lay Your hands on me
Lay Your hands on me
Lord, I’m ready, I’m willing
And You’re able
To feel my empty cup at the
Master’s table
‘Cause I’m thirsty,
I’m hungry, my eyes aching
You say your love is mine
For the taking
Lord, what I am is
Exactly what you see
And I’m asking you to rescue me
Forgive of my sins and set me free
Lord, if you want me then
Lay Your hands on me
I’m a sinner, I’m a loser, I’m a seeker
I need to learn to live, Lord, you’re the teacher
Show me how to get my feet up off the ground
Teach me how to fly and never come back down
Everything you are is all I need
And your satisfaction is guaranteed
You sacrificed it all to set me free
So, if you want me
I went into his prison cell
To write his story, if he’d tell
He spoke as tears, fell from his eyes
And he told me when, and how and why
And he said
I asked my love to take a walk
Just to walk, a little ways
And as we walked, then we could talk
About our future wedding day
But when she said, she could never be mine
I held a knife against his breast
As into my arms she pressed
He cried “my love, don’t you murder me
I’m not prepared for eternity”
Then only say that you’ll be mine
And in no others’ arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the Banks of the Ohio
I started home ‘tween twelve and one
I cried, “My God, what have I done?”
I’ve killed the one I love tonight
Because she would not be my bride
Well only say that you’ll be mine
And in no others’ arms entwine
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the Banks of the Ohio
Down by the Banks of the Ohio
Save my soul lord
Save my soul
There beside where the waters flow
Down by the Banks of the Ohio”
Lookin’ out of my window pane
Tears mingling with the rain
I’m so lonesome I could cry just like old Hank
Staring down on the city street
Feeling empty and incomplete
There’s a place I need to be to fill my tank
A place I can go where I can be free
Where I can be happy and just be me
Home, where the warm winds blowing
And the rivers flowing along
Like a lazy bum in the mid-day sun
And I’ve gone fishin’ with my pole at the fishin’ hole
Where I can lay down my heavy load
And know that I am always welcome
Home
I left home, I was 17
I had a lot of ambitious dreams
Seen a lot of those dreams come true
I’ve had good luck
I’m not complaining that’s for sure
I got a lot to be thankful for
One of those things is the magic door that opens up
Back to the time when I was a kid
To the sound of the crickets and the Carry Dees
It’s called
Home
On the front porch swinging and fern pots hanging
Home
With the church bells ringing and voices singing
Old songs that’s in my mind like a stitch in time
Where the tea is sweet and the love’s complete
For me, I wanna go
Home
I often think about where I have been
Where I am going and lots about when I think about
Home
Where the soul find comfort
And the heart find pleasure
Home
Where the depths of love is hard to measure it’s
Home
I hear you callin’
I hear you callin’
I’ll never be lost
As long as I know there’s a place like that
Where I can go
Where I can restore my weary soul
On the mountain slopes of the south “Blue Smoke”
Of home home sweet home
Home back to the hills of the Whip-poor-wills
Home with the fireflies blinking
And the night stars twinklin’
Home
Honeysuckle vine and musky fine wine at
Home
Where the [?]
Home
With family and friends and joy that never end
Home
There’s no place like it
No place like it
Home
Managing Editor - Jacob Timmons
Creative Director - Sarah Chapman
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