LYRICS: I Asked the Lord

Album:

A Golden Celebration

Lyrics / Music:

Johnny Lange / Jimmy Duncan, 1955

Catalog number:

CPM6 5172

Recording date:

April 1959 or later

Release date:

September 1984

Observation:

- Recording made at Elvis' home at 14 Goethestrasse, Bad Nauheim, Germany

- Elvis sings it eleven times on the Bad Nauheim tapes (1958-59)

- Re-released on "The Home Recordings" (1999) and "Made in Germany - The Complete Private Recordings" (2019)

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LYRICS

I asked the Lord to comfort me

When things weren't going my way

He said to me, "I will comfort you

And lift your cares away"

I asked the Lord to walk with me

When darkness was all that I knew

He said to me, "Never be afraid

For I will see you through"

I did not ask for riches

He gave me wealth untold

The moon, the stars, the sun, the skies

And He gave me eyes to behold

I thank the Lord for everything

And I count my blessings each day

He camе to me when I needed Him

And I only had to pray

Hе'll come to you if you ask Him to

He is only a prayer away