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Guthrie, Woody - God's Promise
Identifier
020794
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The Burns Sisters have been great lovers of Woody Guthrie for years doing the Woody Fest and all and long before Arlo asked them to go out on the road with him. This is a song that the words are prose of Woody's ..meaning he never put them to music ... time ran out. Nora, Arlo and the family found hundreds of pages of woodys writings after his death. . These are some of those words and Ellis Paul put it to music.
A description of the experience
God's Promise - Woody Guthrie - The Burns Sisters
God's Promise
Words by Woody Guthrie, Music by Ellis Paul
I didn't promise you skies painted blue
Not all colored flowers all your days through
I didn't promise you, sun with no rain
Joys without sorrows, peace without pain.
All that I promise is strength for this day,
Rest for my worker, and light on your way.
I give you truth when you need it, my help from above,
Undying friendship, my unfailing love.
I never did promise you crowns without trials,
Food with no hard sweat, your tears without smiles,
Hot sunny days without cold wintry snows,
No vict'ry without fightin', no laughs without woes.
All that I promise is strength for this day,
Rest for my, worker, my light on your way,
I give you truth when you need it, my help from above,
Undying friendship, my unfailing love.
I sure didn't say I'd give you heaven on earth,
A life with no labor no struggles no deaths,
No earthquakes no dryspells, no fire flames no droughts,
No slaving no hungers, no blizzards no blights.
All that I promise is strength for this day,
Rest for my worker, my light on your way,
I give you truth when you need it, my help from above,
Undying friendship, my unfailing love.
I promise you power, this minute this hour,
The power you need when you fall down to bleed,
I give you my peace, and my strength to pull home
My love for all races all creeds and all kinds.
My flavors my saviors my creeds of all kinds,
My love for my saviors, all colors all kinds,
My love for my races all creeders all kinds,
My saviors my flavors my dancers all kinds,
My dancers my prancers my singers all kinds,
My flavors my saviors my dancers all kinds.