| I am the elder Utah Smith
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| I’ve got two wings to fly
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| They may be made of paper
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| They may never reach the sky
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| But I believe in mercy
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| I believe that man is good
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| And if they want two wings like me
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| There’s a chance they could
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| I am the elder Utah Smith
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| I was born in Cedar Grove
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| That’s in Louisiana
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| On a dirt-poor stretch of road
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| I found the calling early
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| Gave birth to righteous words
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| And in a tent around the South
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| I took my sonic church
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| I was a light for the living
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| And I spoke of peace and love
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| With two wings and my old Gibson
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| I bought blessings from above
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| I was here and I was gone
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| Just a heartbeat from the past
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| But I went from paper wings
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| To the real thing at last
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| I am the elder Utah Smith
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| I take all as they are
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| I was the first man of the cloth
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| To blacken a guitar
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| Love was my redeemer
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| I felt it from the start
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| The Holy Ghost was channeled
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| Through the sound of my guitar
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| I was a light for the living
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| And I spoke of peace and love
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| With two wings and my old Gibson
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| I bought blessings from above
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| I was here and I was gone
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| Just a heartbeat from the past
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| But I went from paper wings
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| To the real thing at last
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| Been a long time in the ground
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| Unmarked is my grave
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| But I reside elsewhere these days
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| Thanks to souls I’ve saved
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| I traveled far, I traveled wide
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| Three quarts for the Lord
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| Till one day he called me home
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| To claim his great reward
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| I was a light for the living
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| And I spoke of peace and love
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| With two wings and my old Gibson
|
| I bought blessings from above
|
| I was here and I was gone
|
| Just a heartbeat from the past
|
| But I went from paper wings
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| To the real thing at last
|
| I was a light for the living
|
| And I spoke of peace and love
|
| With two wings and my old Gibson
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| I bought blessings from above
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| I was here and I was gone
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| Just a heartbeat from the past
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| But I went from paper wings
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| To the real thing at last |