Dolly Parton

	(4 mm intro)

		SHE'S BEEN THERE, GOD KNOWS SHE'S BEEN THERE
		SHE HAS SEEN AND DONE IT ALL, SHE'S A WOMAN
		SHE KNOWS HOW TO DISH IT OUT OR TAKE IT ALL
		HER HEART'S AS SOFT AS FEATHERS
		STILL SHE WEATHERS STORMY SKIES
		AND SHE'S A SPARROW WHEN SHE'S BROKEN
		BUT SHE'S AN EAGLE WHEN SHE FLIES

		A KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLORS 
		YOU CAN TOSS HER ROUND AND ROUND
		YOU CAN KEEP HER IN YOUR VISION
		BUT YOU'LL NEVER KEEP HER DOWN
		SHE'S A LOVER, SHE'S A MOTHER
		SHE'S A FRIEND, AND SHE'S A WIFE
		AND SHE'S A SPARROW WHEN SHE'S BROKEN
		BUT SHE'S AN EAGLE WHEN SHE FLIES

		GENTLE AS THE SWEET MAGNOLIA 
		STRONG AS STEEL HER FAITH AND PRIDE
		SHE'S AN EVERLASTING SHOULDER
		SHE'S THE LEANING POST OF LIFE
		SHE HURTS DEEP AND WHEN SHE WEEPS
		SHE'S JUST AS FRAGILE AS A CHILD
		AND SHE'S A SPARROW WHEN SHE'S BROKEN
		BUT SHE'S AN EAGLE WHEN SHE FLIES

		AND SHE'S A SPARROW WHEN SHE'S BROKEN
		BUT SHE'S AN EAGLE WHEN SHE FLIES
		OH, BLESS HER LORD
		SHE'S AN EAGLE WHEN SHE FLIES

	(2 MM INTRO)

		BACK THROUGH THE YEARS I GO WANDERIN' ONCE AGAIN
		BACK TO THE SEASONS OF MY YOUTH
		I RECALL A BOX OF RAGS SOMEONE GAVE US 
		AND HOW MY MAMA PUT THE RAGS TO USE
		THERE WERE RAGS OF MANY COLORS EVERY PIECE WAS SMALL
		AND I DIDN'T HAVE A COAT AND IT WAS WAY DOWN IN THE FALL
		MAMA SEWED THE RAGS TOGETHER SEWING EVERY PIECE WITH LOVE
		SHE MADE MY COAT OF MANY COLORS THAT I WAS SO PROUD OF 
		AS SHE SEWED SHE TOLD A STORY FROM THE BIBLE SHE HAD READ
		ABOUT A COAT OF MANY COLORS JOSEPH WORE AND THEN SHE SAID
		PERHAPS THIS COAT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK AND HAPPINESS
		& I JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO WEAR IT AS MAMA BLESSED IT WITH A KISS

     (CHORUS)   MY COAT OF MANY COLORS THAT MY MAMA MADE FOR ME
	      	WAS MADE ONLY FROM RAGS BUT I WORE IT SO PROUDLY
	      	I KNOW WE HAD NO MONEY BUT I WAS RICH AS I COULD BE
	      	IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS MY MAMA MADE FOR ME

	(1/2 STEP MODULATION)

		SO WITH PATCHES ON MY BRITCHES AND HOLES IN BOTH MY SHOES
		IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS I HURRIED OFF TO SCHOOL
		JUST TO FIND THE OTHERS LAUGHING AND MAKING FUN OF ME
		IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS MY MAMA MADE FOR ME
		AND OH I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT FOR I FELT I WAS RICH
		AND I TOLD THEM OF THE LOVE MY MAMA SEWED IN EVERY STITCH
		AND I TOLD THEM OF THE STORY MAMA TOLD ME WHILE SHE SEWED
		AND HOW MY COAT OF MANY COLORS WAS WORTH MORE THAN ALL 
                                                         THEIR CLOTHES

     (CHORUS)   THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT & I TRIED TO MAKE THEM SEE
		THAT ONE IS ONLY POOR ONLY IF THEY CHOOSE TO BE
		I KNOW WE HAD NO MONEY BUT I WAS RICH AS I COULD BE
		IN MY COAT OF MANY COLORS MY MAMA MADE FOR ME
		MADE JUST FOR ME

		THE GATES AND DOORS WERE BARRED AND ALL THE WINDOWS FASTENED DOWN
		I SPENT THE NIGHT IN SLEEPLESSNESS AND ROSE AT EVERY SOUND
		HALF IN HOPELESS SORROW AND HALF IN FEAR THE DAY
		WOULD FIND THE SOLDIERS BREAKING THROUGH TO DRAG US ALL AWAY

		AND JUST BEFORE THE SUNRISE I HEARD SOMETHING AT THE WALL
		THE GATE BEGAN TO RATTLE AND A VOICE BEGAN TO CALL
		I HURRIED TO THE WINDOW AND LOOKED DOWN INTO THE STREET
		EXPECTING SWORDS AND TORCHES AND THE SOUND OF SOLDIERS FEET

		THERE WAS NO ONE THERE BUT MARY SO I WENT DOWN TO LET HER IN
		JOHN STOOD THERE BESIDE ME AS SHE TOLD US WHERE SHE'D BEEN
		SHE SAID THEY'VE MOVED HIM IN THE NIGHT AND NONE OF US KNOWS WHERE
		THE STONE'S BEEN ROLLED AWAY AND NOW HIS BODY ISN'T THERE

		WE BOTH RAN T'WARD THE GARDEN AND THEN JOHN RAN ON AHEAD
		WE FOUND THE STONE AND THE EMPTY TOMB JUST THE WAY THAT MARY SAID
		BUT THE WINDING SHEET THEY WRAPPED HIM IN WAS JUST AN EMPTY SHELL
		AND HOW OR WHERE THEY'D TAKEN HIM WAS MORE THAN I COULD TELL

		SOMETHING STRANGE HAD HAPPENED THERE JUST WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW
		JOHN BELIEVED A MIRACLE BUT I JUST TURNED TO GO 
		CIRCUMSTANCE AND SPECULATION DIDN'T LIFT ME VERY HIGH
		'CAUSE I'D SEEN THEM CRUCIFY HIM, AND THEN I SAW HIM DIE

		BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE AGAIN THE GUILT AND ANGUISH CAME
		EVERYTHING I'D PROMISED HIM JUST ADDED TO MY SHAME
		WHEN AT LAST IT CAME TO CHOICES I DENIED I KNEW HIS NAME
		AND EVEN IF HE WAS ALIVE, IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME

		SUDDENLY THE AIR WAS FILLED WITH A STRANGE AND SWEET PERFUME
		LIGHT THAT CAME FROM EVERYWHERE DROVE SHADOWS FROM THE ROOM
		JESUS STOOD BEFORE ME WITH HIS ARMS HELD OPEN WIDE
		AND I FELL DOWN ON MY KNEES AND I JUST CLUNG TO HIM AND CRIED

		HE RAISED ME TO MY FEET AND AS I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES
		LOVE WAS SHINING OUT FROM THEM LIKE SUNLIGHT FROM THE SKIES
		GUILT AND MY CONFUSION DISAPPEARED IN SWEET RELEASE
		AND EVERY FEAR I'D EVERY HAD JUST MELTED INTO PEACE

	(CHORUS)	HE'S ALIVE, HE'S ALIVE, HE'S ALIVE AND I'M FORGIVEN
			HEAVEN'S GATES ARE OPENED WIDE

			(REPEAT CHORUS TWO MORE TIMES)

			HE'S ALIVE, HE'S ALIVE, HE'S ALIVE . . . HE'S ALIVE

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