I VE LIVED A LOT IN MY TIME
WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY JIM REEVES
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()- I ONCE HAD A MANSION AND ()- LIVED IN MY ()- GLORY,
BUT NOW I M DOWN TO MY LAST ()- DIME,
()- I HAD A SWEETHEART, BUT ()- I WAS UN- ()- FAITHFUL,
OH, I VE LIVED A ()- LOT IN MY ()- TIME.
1ST CHORUS
I VE ()- FOUGHT THE GRIM REAPER, DOWN ()- IN THE DARK VALLEY,
I VE PRAYED WHEN THE SUN WOULDN T ()- SHINE,
I VE ()- LOOKED THROUGH THE BARS OF A ()- COLD LONELY ()- PRISON,
OH, I VE LIVED A ()- LOT IN MY ()- TIME.
I VE BEEN A SOLDIER, AND I VE BEEN A RAMBLER,
ONCE THOUGHT THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE,
I VE HOED IN THE CORN AND I VE PICKED IN THE COTTON,
YES, I VE LIVED A LOT IN MY TIME.
2ND CHORUS
I VE WALKED WITH MY MASTER, DOWN IN THE DARK VALLEY,
AND WONDERFUL PEACE I DID FIND,
SOMEDAY I LL JOURNEY TO EDEN S GREEN PASTURES,
YES, I VE LIVED A LOT IN MY TIME.