Higher Ground Tammy Wynette (with Larry, Steve &Ê Rudy Gatlin) (Steve Buckingham) 1987 Recording Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com Intro: I'm safe 'cause your love lifts me to a higher ground
(Higher ground) To a higher ground Well, I have sat alone at night And cried myself to sleep And I have prayed my soul to take When sorrow seems so deep But darkness turns so quickly To the light of day When someone special came along And carried me away Chorus: You lift me up when I get down When I'm lost you turn me around Wind and rain can't wash away The peace you give to me And in a sea of trouble I know that I won't drown I'm safe 'cause your love Lifts me to a higher ground (higher ground) To a higher ground Troubled times may bring me down And drive me to my knees And I am blinded by despair And cannot see But you take a hold And carry me again Then I know I'll never break Though I sometimes bend You lift me up when I get down When I'm lost you turn me around Wind and rain can't wash away The peace you give to me And in a sea of trouble I know that I won't drown I'm safe 'cause your love Lifts me to a higher ground (higher ground) To a higher ground (Instrumental) You lift me up when I get down When I'm lost you turn me around Wind and rain can't wash away The peace you give to me And in a sea of trouble I know that I won't drown I'm safe 'cause your love Lifts me to a higher ground You lift me up when I get down When I'm lost you turn me around Wind and rain can't wash away The peace you give to me FADES An' in a sea of trouble I know that I won't drown I'm safe 'cause your love lifts me to a higher ground Lifts me up when...