I'VE STOOD WHERE YOU'RE STANDING
Author(s): Simon Black
Songbook: Aaron David Songbook
KeyWords: Thankfulness,

I've stood where you're standing,
Yes, I've walked upon the same ground.
And I've thought that
Same thought you're thinking,
And it made me wear the same frown.

And the good times you seem to be having
Well, I dare say I've had a few.
And the bad times that
Add a little salt to your coffee,
Well, I can say I've drunk the same brew.

Chorus:
From California up to New York City,
From New York City on up to Montreal,
I've had the good times and I've had the bad times,
And I've been waltzing at the ball,
I've been waltzing at the ball.

I've stood where you're standing.
Yes, I've walked inside your shoes.
I hear you're singing a sad, sad song.
Well I've sang those same blues.

In your apartment you've got a vision hanging there
Of a young woman with long pretty hair.
Well, I've seen that vision,
It's been in my head day and night.
I went looking, searching everywhere ... woa.

[Repeat Chorus]

I've stood where you're standing
In my life I've had a few days
Of rain shocking pain.
Every day I smoked the same kind of cigarette-
Popped the same pill,
Shot the same stuff into my vein.

Oh, but it didn't make no difference how high
I got or how fast the blood rushed through my veins.
In my life, I've only got a glimpse of sunlight
But nothing ever stopped the rain.

Then one day I met a man
Carrying a little black book.
He pointed right at me
And told me Jesus was the way
So I went and I followed him to take a look.

He said damn, damn that old system.
That's what Jesus did all of His life.
Receive His love take Him in your heart,
Follow Him and become part of His wife.

[Repeat first verse]

Woa, then Jesus came,
Jesus came and wiped away all my tears.
Yes, He did, Jesus wiped away all my tears.

From California up to New York City-
I've got no more remembrance of the pain-
'Cause Jesus is the sunlight-
He's come into my heart.
And He's the, the only thing
That ever stopped the rain.
It's no longer raining in my life.

[Fade la-la-la]

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