Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Johnny Horton
Canonical path: /horton-johnny/church-by-the-side-of-the-road
Related lyric paths: 6
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Church By The Side Of The Road
Read Church By The Side Of The Road lyrics by Johnny Horton on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Church By The Side Of The Road
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Well my daddy was a drunkard
Momma taught for the lord
Granny took me to sunday school
To the church by the side of the road
And i’m telling you my jesus came from the golden city
To the church by the side of the road
This church it wasn’t modern
It was built of log and clay
But you could see my jesus there
As we knelt down to pray
Well time has came between us
And the years have come and gone
I’m a-leaving here tomorrow
I’ve been away too long
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Johnny Horton performs "Church By The Side Of The Road", and this lyric page sits inside the Johnny Horton catalog on LyroVerse.
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