Recorded by Kenny Rogers
Written by James Rowe and Howard Smith
[3/4 time]
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I'll write myself a simple song
Get the whole world to sing along
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I'll call it a love song for you
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And who knows I'm liable
To take a song from the Bible
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And then when I'm through
I'll just sing
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Love lifted me love lifted me
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When nothing else would do
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You know love lifted me
Everybody's looking for a way
To say something everybody's
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Saying well that's hard to do
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Searching their minds trying to find
The one of a kind way
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That they could say something new
I'll just sing
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Love lifted me love lifted me
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When I was down and out
C Em G7 C
You know love lifted me
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Love lifted me love lifted me
F Em Dm C Am
When nothing else would do
C Em G7 C
You know love lifted me
C Em G7 C F Em G7 C
Love lifted me love lifted me
F Em Dm C Am
When I was down and out
C Em G7 C
You know love lifted me