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Only Believe
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Paul RaderLordy only believe, only believe
All things are possible
If you'll only believe
My Lordy, only believe, yes only believe
All things are possible
If you'll only believe
I met God one morning my soul feeling bad
Heart heavy laden I felt fire doubt ahead
Well He lifted all my burdens, yeh! right now I'm feeling glad
All things are possible
If you'll only believe
I believe, yeh! I believe,
All things are possible
If you'll only believe Recorded:
1970/06/08, first released on
Love Letters from ElvisReactions
One of the better songs on a relatively weak album, and the better side of the horrible Life single.
Not the best gospel song by a long way that ever emanated from our boy,and definitely not a single at any time in his career. I rated the other side Life vastly superior and can only give this side 3 stars at the very most.
This is such a beautiful song and all of Elvis' renditions of it are brilliant. Elvis' only concert performance of this song occurred at the Las Vegas, Nevada Midnight Show from January 27, 1971.
I like this song a lot. As I've grown older I find myself playing Elvis' gospel/inspirational/religious songs much more, and everything else much less.
Well sung; but a lesser Elvis gospel tune. Horribly out of place on the album "Love Letters From Elvis" and an odd choice for an Easter single in '71. I give it four stars based mainly on the vocals; but the lyrics are too repetitive.
I love the bluesy way in which this is sung. My favorite from the Love Letters album.
Heart heavy laden, I felt tired down in (the heart).
"I felt tired down in" - so what the heck does that mean ? The lyrics continue to baffle us, after all these years. That apart, I quite like the song and the performance.
Correct lyrics are: "...I felt tired down in" (according to my sheetmusic).
Good song. I felt fire (pause) doubt ahead. Makes sense.
Regarding the lyrics, "I felt fire doubt ahead" . . . What on earth is that supposed to mean? After more than 35 years, I am still trying to figure out what the real lyrics are or should be !
Good song, good performance , but not single material. Great on an LP however.
It´s really a great gospel song. this one is sung very seriously. I liked the song immediately
I like this song; gives me strength in darker days.
I have nothing with gospels. I can bear up with it when Elvis sings it because of the sheer beauty of his voice, but this one I always skip.
Well, the lyrics of this great song are far from being self indulgent nonsence. This beautiful and encouraging song is a 100 pro biblebased. It is an interpretation of what we read in Matthew 19,26 related to a conversation of Jesus Christ with a rich young man. There the scripture says: Jesus looked at them and said, With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. I guess this song is a reminder of Presleys childhood. He delivers a flawless and intense performance. He was awarded three times with a Grammy in his lifetime. And they all went for gospel music...Have a blessed new year.
This is a superb Gospel song Ilove this song Amazing performance by the King!
One of he weakest 1970s singles and one of the weakest gospel songs. Unbelievable to release this as a single. Much better material was available at the time.
Elvis is in voice...the Imperials sound good...I never skipped that one !
This is awful, self indulgent nonsence.
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