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Why Me Lord
Words & Music:
Kris Kristofferson(Why Me Lord? What have I ever done
To deserve even one of the pleasures I've known
Tell me Lord what did I ever do to deserve loving you
And the kindness you've shown)
Lord heavenly Jesus I praise Him
So help me Jesus I know what I am
Now that I know that I needed you so
Help me Jesus, my soul's in your hands
(Try me Lord, if you think there's a way I can ever repay
All I've taken from you
Forgive Lord I can show someone else
What I've been through myself
On my way back to you)
Lord heavenly Jesus I praise Him
So help me Jesus I know what I am, Oh yes!
Now that I know that I needed you so
Help me Jesus my soul's in your hands
Jesus my soul's in your hands Recorded:
1974/03/20, first released on
Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in MemphisReactions
The song isn't bad, but JD is too much up front for me. Elvis should've done the whole song himself.
A nice gospel tune and it shows a very generous Elvis in that he lets JD shine. Still I would rather hear Elvis sing it all the way through with JD and the Stamps backing him up. 3 stars
This is one of the best gospel songs, Love JD's voice and so did Elvis
When he wasn't trying to make JD laugh with his quips, this was a nice gospel addition to the concert song list. A show case more for JD than Elvis, it came really alive when Elvis joined the choral segments.
This is such a beautiful song, but I wish that Elvis had sung all of the lyrics of this gem instead of just a small portion of it.
This song never did it for me. Probably too much JD.
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