(C) Chip Mergott CJC-Bridges Music ASCAP
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Blind Willie Johnson could make a guitar sing
And from the time that he was five years old
He was walking with the king
Born and raised in Texas he could have sold his soul to play
But when he went down to the crossroads
He chose to go the Savior's way

In the darkness of his journey it must have comforted his mind
To know that John the Revelator spoke of Jesus healing the blind
One day on a corner he met a woman named Angeline
They'd be married more than twenty years
Until death would intervene

He wrote "God Don't Never Change"
And "Everybody Ought To Treat a Stranger Right"
"You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond"
And "Dark Was the Night"

On Forrest Street in Beaumont on the northern end of town
Well a fire tore up Willie's house but it did not burn it down
It happened in the winter, not a soul would take him in
And he died from sleeping in a cold damp bed
The mystery of sin…

Blind Willie Johnson could make a guitar sing
And after all these years in glory he's still walking with the King