ATF: Shattered Remains

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Janis Joplin]

Piece of My Heart

Janis Joplin

Oh

Come on

Come on

Come on

Come on

Didn't I make you feel

Like you were the only man

Yeah

And didn't I give you nearly everything

That a woman possibly can

Honey

You know I did

And

And each time I tell myself that I

Well

I think I've had enough

But I'm gonna show you baby

That a woman can be tough

I want you to

Come on

Come on

Come on

Come on

And take it

Take another little piece of my heart now baby

Oh

Oh

Break it

Break another little bit of my heart now darling

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Oh

Oh

Have a

Have another little piece of my heart now baby

Well you know you got it

If it makes you feel good

Oh yes indeed

You're out on the streets lookin’ good

And baby deep down in your heart

I guess you know that it ain't right

Never

Never

Never

Never

Never

Never hear me when I cry at night

Babe

And I cry all the time

But each time I tell myself that I

Well

I can't stand the pain

But when you hold me in your arms

I'll sing it once again

I'll say

Come on

Come on

Come on

Come on

And take it

Take another little piece of my heart now baby

Oh

Oh

Break it

Break another little bit of my heart now darling

Yeah

Oh

Oh

Have a

Have another little piece of my heart now baby

Well you know you got it child

If it makes you feel good

I need you to

 Come on

Come on

Come on

Come on

And take it

Take another little piece of my heart now baby

Oh

Oh

Break it

Break another little bit of my heart now darling

Yeah

C'mon now

Oh

Oh

Have a

Have another little piece of my heart now baby

You know you got it

Take it

Take another little piece of my heart now baby

Oh

Oh

Break it

Break another little bit of my heart now darling

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Oh

Oh

Have a

Have another little piece of my heart now baby

Hey

You know you got it child

If it makes you feel good

Link: [Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers]

Broken Lady

Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers

She’s a broken lady

Waiting to be mended

Like a potter would mend

A broken vase

A broken lady

Waiting to be mended

And have what’s left

Of the pieces

Put back in place

Her love was like a fortress

Around a man she would have died for

Taking care

To take care

Of all he needed

But the lady’s fortress

Slowly turned into a prison

And the warning signs he gave

She never heeded

She vowed every mornin’

That what God joined together

No one else in the world

Could pull apart

And then the walls came tumblin’ to the ground

And her world came crashin’ down

Around her heart

Now she’s a broken lady

Waiting to be mended

Like a potter would mend

A broken vase

A broken lady

Waiting to be mended

And have what’s left

Of the pieces

Put back in place

She’s a broken lady

Waiting to be mended

And have what’s left

Of the pieces

Put back in place

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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ATF: Fool's Gold

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [The Marshall Tucker Band]

Fire on the Mountain

The Marshall Tucker Band

Took my family away from my

Carolina home

Had dreams about the west

And started to roam

Six long months

On a dust-covered trail

They say Heaven's at the end

But so far it's been Hell

And there's

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin' in the air

Gold in them hills

And it's waitin' for me there

We were diggin' and siftin'

From five to five

Sellin' everything we found

Just to stay alive

Gold flowed free

Like the whiskey in the bars

Sinnin' was the big thing Lord

And Satan was His star

And there's

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin' in the air

Gold in them hills

And it's waitin' for me there

Dance hall girls were the

Evenin' treat

Empty cartridges and blood lined

The gutters of the street

Men were shot down for the

Sake of fun

Or just to hear the noise of their

.44 guns

And there's

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin' in the air

Gold in them hills

And it's waitin' for me there

Now my widow she

Weeps by my grave

Tears flow free for her man

She couldn't save

Shot down in cold blood

By a gun that carried fame

All for a useless and no good

Worthless claim

And there's

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin' in the air

Gold in them hills

And it's waitin' for me there

Fire on the mountain

Lightnin' in the air

Gold in them hills

And it's waitin' for me there

Waitin' for me there

Link: [Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers]

All the Gold in California

Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers

All the gold

In California

Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

In somebody else's name

So if you're dreamin’

About California

It don't matter at all

Where you've played before

California's a brand new game

Tryin' to be a hero

Windin’ up a zero

Can scar a man forever

Right down to your soul

Livin’ on the spotlight

Can kill a man outright

'Cause everything that glitters

Is not gold

And all the gold

In California

Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

In somebody else's name

So if you're dreamin’

About California

It don't matter at all

Where you've played before

California's a brand new game

All the gold

In California

Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

In somebody else's name

So if you're dreamin’

About California

It don't matter at all

Where you've played before

California's a brand new game

Brand new game

A brand new game

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

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[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

Larry Gatlin - Help Me

Link: [Larry Gatlin]

Link: [On YouTube]

Help Me

Larry Gatlin

Lord

Help me walk

Another mile

Just one more mile

I’m tired of walkin’

All alone

Lord

Help me smile

Another smile

Just one more smile

I know I just can’t make it

On my own

I never thought I needed help before

I thought that I could do things

All by myself

But now I know

I just can’t take it anymore

With a humble heart

On bended knees

I’m beggin’ You please

For help

Come down

From Your golden throne

To me

To lowly me

I need to feel the touch

Of Your tender hand

Remove

The chains of darkness

And let me see

Lord let me see

Just where I fit into

Your master plan

I never thought I needed help before

I thought that I could get by

By myself

Now I know

I just can’t take it anymore

With a humble heart

On bended knees

I’m beggin’ You please

For help

With a humble heart

On bended knees

I’m beggin’ You please

For help

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TFT: The Gatlin Brothers

 Link: [Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers]

Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world.  For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion.  Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

All the Gold in California

Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers

All the gold

In California

Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

In somebody else's name

So if you're dreamin’

About California

It don't matter at all

Where you've played before

California's a brand new game

Tryin' to be a hero

Windin’ up a zero

Can scar a man forever

Right down to your soul

Livin’ on the spotlight

Can kill a man outright

'Cause everything that glitters

Is not gold

And all the gold

In California

Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

In somebody else's name

So if you're dreamin’

About California

It don't matter at all

Where you've played before

California's a brand new game

All the gold

In California

Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills

In somebody else's name

So if you're dreamin’

About California

It don't matter at all

Where you've played before

California's a brand new game

Brand new game

A brand new game

Broken Lady

Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers

She’s a broken lady

Waiting to be mended

Like a potter would mend

A broken vase

A broken lady

Waiting to be mended

And have what’s left

Of the pieces

Put back in place

Her love was like a fortress

Around a man she would have died for

Taking care

To take care

Of all he needed

But the lady’s fortress

Slowly turned into a prison

And the warning signs he gave

She never heeded

She vowed every mornin’

That what God joined together

No one else in the world

Could pull apart

And then the walls came tumblin’ to the ground

And her world came crashin’ down

Around her heart

She’s a broken lady

Waiting to be mended

Like a potter would mend

A broken vase

A broken lady

Waiting to be mended

And have what’s left

Of the pieces

Put back in place

She’s a broken lady

Waiting to be mended

And have what’s left

Of the pieces

Put back in place

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

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