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Thread #46794   Message #695204
Posted By: masato sakurai
21-Apr-02 - 09:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Standing on the Highway (Isaac Freeman)
Subject: Lyr Add: STANDING ON THE HIGHWAY
Isaac Freeman is great. "Standing on the Highway (Wondering Which Way to Go)" was previously sung by the Angelic Gospel Singers, the Pilgrim Travelers, and Selah Jubilee Singers. Here's Selah's version (recorded 1945).

STANDING ON THE HIGHWAY

As I walking down the lonesome highway,
Well, you know, my heart just-a lifted up in prayer;
Well, my mother cried, "Well, son, don't you worry.
Yes, you know, the Lord, yes, will always fix a way."
Oh well, then I was marching down the lonesome highway.
But, you know, my heart it was lifted up in prayer,
She left me standing out on the highway, Lord,
Then I was wondering which-a way I must go.

My mother died, yes, she died and left me.
Well, it was a long, long, long time ago;
Yeah, but I searched her record all over,
Well, you know, my mother, yes, she had to go;
Oh well, she said, "Son, son, don't you worry,
Well, you know, the Lord, yes, will always fix a way."
She left me standing out on the highway, Lord,
Then I was wondering which-a way I must go.

As I was marching, yes, I met old Satan,
Well, he tried so hard to turn me around.
My Lord, but I bowed and I called on my Jesus,
Yes, you know, the Lord, yes, will always fix a way.
Oh well, and I was marching, yes, I was marching,
Oh, you know, my heart just was lifted up in prayer.
She left me standing out on the highway, Lord,
Then I was wondering which-a way I must go.

(From: Selah Jubilee Singers, Selah Gospel Train, P-Vine (Japan) PCD-5547, 1999)

~Masato