THE THIRD MAN
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(Bobby Helms - Teddy Wilburn - Frances Heighton)
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¡ì ¨Ï '65 Tree Publishing ¡í
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Last night I dreamed I took a walk up Calvary's lonely hill
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The things I saw with my own eyes could not have been more real
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I saw upon three crosses three men in agony
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Two cried out for mercy and the third man he looked on me
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And oh the hurt in this man's eyes just broke my heart in two
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It seemed that I could hear him say, I'm doing this all for you
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I knelt beneath the third man's cross and humblely bowed my head
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I reached out and I touch his feet and it stained my hand's with blood
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In agonizing pain he cried I raised my eyes to see
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The blood spilled from the third man's side some of it fell on me
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The third man wore a crown of thorns spikes held him to the tree
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And I heard him say my God my God why hast Thou forsaken me
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And there among a mighty crowd the ones who mocked him cried
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If thou art King then save thyself and then the third man died
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Suddenly I heard the thunder roll and lightening pierce the sky
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The third man was still hanging there and I began to cry
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I saw the mountains break into and the buildings rent in twain
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I saw the dead raise from the graves and walk on earth again
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A time like this has never been...Twas darkness everywhere
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When I awakened from my dream My eyes were filled with tears...
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Third Man
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| Loretta Lynn |
