Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Original - Blind Willie Johnson

Lord, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

Lord, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

When my heart’s full of sorrow and my eyes are filled with tears

Lord, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

My mother often told me, angels

She said I would accomplish, if I trust in God and pray

I’m on the King’s highway, I’m traveling everyday

'Cause I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

Well, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

When my heart’s full of sorrow and my eyes are filled with tears

Lord, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

My mother, she’s in glory, thank God I’m on my way

Father, he’s gone too, and sister she could not stay

I’m trusting Him everyday, He will bear my burdens away

'Cause I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

Well, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

When my heart’s full of sorrow and my eyes are filled with tears

Lord, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

I thought when she first left me, I’d pray for a little while

Soon it all would be over, and I’d journey on with a smile

But the thought as I get older, I think of what I told her

And I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

Well, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

When my heart’s full of sorrow and my eyes are filled with tears

Lord, I just can’t keep from crying sometimes

Well, well