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 
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You know love lifted me  

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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  

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Love lifted me  love lifted me 
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When I  was down and out 
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You know love lifted me