Love Is a Cross You Bear

Lyrics

Deep down in Texas Some years ago There was a poor preacher That I came to know He'd beendoingGod's work For mostof his life But what he wasknown for most was his wife She was as pretty as she was wild She gave him no comfort She gave him no child She set him no table She baked him no bread And once when I asked him about it he said Love is a cross you bear A Thorny crown you wear I ain't no saint I never was But brother she knows not what she does Love is a cross you bear Soon I moved on and Soon I lost track But one night in Denver It all came back In a beautiful church With a melodious choir There he was preaching his brimstone and fire And then this angel That I'd seen before Came out and joined him In his holy war She looked at her husband And as the bell rang She lifted her angelic voice up and sang Love is a cross you bear A Thorny crown you wear Once I was lost, but now I'm found Once I was weak and let love down Love is a cross you bear As I left that church Amazed as can be A great revelation Came unto me Of all of the good things This life is made of The best is the sweat from the labor of love Love is a cross you bear A Thorny crown you wear Sinner repent and make amends Love has been dying for your sins Love is a cross you bear (Repeat)