WHISPERING HOPE
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(Debbie Mathis)
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¡ì ¨Ï Shutes Cove Music/Brother Bill Music ¡í
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Soft as the voice of an angel whispers our comforting way
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You know all entertainers get mail from their fans
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And sometimes folks even write to us for advice
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For example; I got a letter not long ago
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From man that worked in a factory
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The factory had been forced to close down
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And sadly the young man had lost his job
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He'd been out of work for about a year
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When his wife gave up, took their three kids and left him
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He'd been looking for work all this time
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And now he's facing the situation all alone
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He says that sometimes the depression takes over
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And he doesn't know how he'll find the strength to go on
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Well, I'm not a professional counselor and certainly not a philosopher
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I am a country singer, but I do know from experience
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That sometimes there is only one thing that will keep your heart from breaking
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And that's what I'd like to offer to this young man
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Some words of wisdom from a great old hymn
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They call me Whispering Bill
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Well today what I want to whisper is hope
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Whispering hope oh how welcome thy voice
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I got another letter from a single mom
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Telling me she and her two children are just barely getting by
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The child support payments come late and sometimes they don't come at all
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The cost of sending the kids to school is growing every day
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She is working two jobs just to make ends meet
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She says sometimes there is just no light at the end of the tunnel, only darkness
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And sometimes she feels like ending it all
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I just hope she will remember these words
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Wait 'till the darkness is over wait 'till the tempest is gone
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Hope for the sunshine tomorrow after the shower is gone
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No matter how dark and how turbulent things may seem
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The darkness will turn to light and the storm will calm
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I hope these folks are listening as I whisper these words of hope
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Not just for them but for any one
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Who finds himself in a seemingly hopeless situation
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It may be the homeless, the sick, the broken family
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The business man even the leaders of our country
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Anybody can be overcome by sorrow and desperation
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And while I am just one man with one voice
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I can lift it up in a hopeful message
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That wherever there is life there is hope
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Whispering hope oh, how welcome Thy voice
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Bathing my heart in it's sorrow rejoice Whispering Hope
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Whispering Hope
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| Bill Anderson |
