| Soft as the voice of an angel whispers our comforting way
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| You know all entertainers get mail from their fans
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| And sometimes folks even write to us for advice
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| For example; |
| I got a letter not long ago
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| From man that worked in a factory
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| The factory had been forced to close down
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| And sadly the young man had lost his job
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| He’d been out of work for about a year
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| When his wife gave up, took their three kids and left him
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| He’d been looking for work all this time
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| And now he’s facing the situation all alone
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| He says that sometimes the depression takes over
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| And he doesn’t know how he’ll find the strength to go on
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| Well, I’m not a professional counselor and certainly not a philosopher
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| I am a country singer, but I do know from experience
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| That sometimes there is only one thing that will keep your heart from breaking
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| And that’s what I’d like to offer to this young man
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| Some words of wisdom from a great old hymn
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| They call me Whispering Bill
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| Well today what I want to whisper is hope
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| Whispering hope oh how welcome thy voice
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| I got another letter from a single mom
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| Telling me she and her two children are just barely getting by The child support payments come late and sometimes they don’t come at all
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| The cost of sending the kids to school is growing every day
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| She is working two jobs just to make ends meet
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| She says sometimes there is just no light at the end of the tunnel,
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| only darkness
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| And sometimes she feels like ending it all
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| I just hope she will remember these words
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| Wait 'till the darkness is over wait 'till the tempest is gone
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| Hope for the sunshine tomorrow after the shower is gone
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| No matter how dark and how turbulent things may seem
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| The darkness will turn to light and the storm will calm
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| I hope these folks are listening as I whisper these words of hope
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| Not just for them but for any one
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| Who finds himself in a seemingly hopeless situation
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| It may be the homeless, the sick, the broken family
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| The business man even the leaders of our country
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| Anybody can be overcome by sorrow and desperation
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| And while I am just one man with one voice
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| I can lift it up in a hopeful message
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| That wherever there is life there is hope
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| Whispering hope oh, how welcome Thy voice
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| Bathing my heart in it’s sorrow rejoice Whispering Hope |