Lord I Wish I Could See - Reverend Gary Davis

It was a time when I went blind, it was a time when I went blind

Was the darkest day that I ever saw, was the time when I went blind

Lord, I cried the whole night long, Lord I cried the whole night long

Cryin' «Oh, Lord won’t ya tell me how long am I to be blind always?»

Lord I wished I could see again, I wished I could see again

If I could see how happy I would be, I wished I could see again

Lord there nobody knows like me, that the trouble I do see

I’m away in the dark got ta feel my way, Lord there nobody cares for me

Lord it’s hard I have to be blind, Lord it’s hard I have to be blind

I’m away in the dark and I have to be led, Lord it’s hard I have to be blind

Ah there’s nobody knows like me, Lord there nobody knows like me

Since I lost my sight I lost my friends, now there’s nobody’s a friend to me

My friends turned they back on me, my friend turned their back on me

‘Cos away in the dark and I cannot see, yeh they turned their back on me

Lord there nobody cares for me, nah there nobody cares for me

‘Cos away in the dark and I cannot see, now there nobody cares for me

Lord my way is seem so hard, Lord I’m blind I cannot see

Said I’m away in the dark got ta feel my way, Lord my way it seem so hard

It was the time when I went blind, it was the time when I went blind

Was a dreadful day that I ever see, was the time when I went blind

Lord there nobody knows like me, at the trouble I do see

(spoken)

Y’all oughta realize that ya got the good sight, you ought ta know that it’s a

good thing to have

You can see!

It’s the truth, you can see, I mean you can see, you can see

everything coming to you!

It was the time when I went blind

Lord I wish I could See — From Blues to Gospel

It was a time when I went blind, it was a time when I went blind

It was the darkest day that I ever saw, was the time when I went blind

Lord I wished I could see again, Lord I wished I could see again

If I could see how happy I would be, I wished I could see again

Lord there nobody knows like me, that the trouble I do see

Since I lost my sight and I could not see, nobody cares for me

Now there’s nobody cares for me, now there nobody cares for me

Cos I lost my sight and I cannot see, nobody cares for me

It was the time when I went blind, it was the time when I went blind

It was the darkest day that I ever saw it was the time…

It’s so hard I have to be blind, it’s so hard I have to be blind

An' when I had my sight I had a lotta friends, they turned their back on me

Now they turned their back on me, ah they turned their back on me

Since I lost my sight I lost my friends, nobody’s a friend to me

Lord I wished I could see again, Lord I wished I could see again

Well Im out in the dark and I have to feel my way, Lord I wished I could see

again