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The Penguin Discography: Keep Me God




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Keep Me God
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Iris DeMent

    Year Written »
1996

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It was a long time ago, I was a girl 'bout 12 years old
On my back staring up into the dark summer sky
when I said, "God, tomorrow I can't see
But I'll stick close to you if you'll stick close to me!"
And that night, I prayed: "Keep me God! Keep me God."

Now I don't know just where God lives
ain't all that sure just exactly who God is
I don't know if there's a church that deserves to take God's name
I just know that when I look around I see
The hand of someone or something that is bigger than me
And I call that God
And then I pray: "Just keep me God."

I'm in a plane up in the sky, a storm surrounds us as we fly
And below, the big black ocean is all that I can see
When all at once I realize
Don't really matter if I live or even if I die
Just so long as you keep me God

Now when my days draw to an end
And I've said good-bye to my family and friends
When the tide that turns my life is standing still
As I turn my final bend, I betcha I'm gonna be askin' even then
Keep me God. Keep me God. Keep me God.
Keep me God. Keep me God. Keep me God.

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Running Time 3:46
Performers Iris DeMent (Vocal), Iris DeMent (Piano), Steuart Smith (Electric Guitar), Tammy Rogers (Fiddle), Chuck Leavell (Organ), John Jennings (Slide Guitar), Randy Scruggs (Acoustic Guitar), Tom/Thomas W. Roady (Tambourine), Dave (David W.) Pomeroy (Bass), Harry Edward Stinson (Drums)
Appears On
The Way I Should (1996)
Iris DeMent

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2009-06-16