Dolly Parton - John Daniel lyrics
Dolly Parton [Dolly Rebecca Parton] Pittman Center, Tennessee, U.S. 🇺🇸
[Dolly Parton - John Daniel lyrics]
John Daniel came to town one summer afternoon
Wearing dirty work clothes
So everyone presumed
He was just another logger from
The logging camp nearby and he was
But there was something different
In John Daniel's eyes
John Daniel was a young man
Not more than twenty-four
And there was an air about him
That one could not ignore
And in spite of callused
Hands & dirty clothes, his face was kind
And I wanted so to know what
Was in John Daniel's mind
John Daniel
Tell me where did you come from tell
Me where is it you've been john Daniel
Tell me why are you different from
All of these other men john Daniel
There's something about you that
I don't quite understand john Daniel
Do you hold the answer to a higher plan?
I rented him a room he went
Upstairs like all the rest
It was Saturday and he'd be going in to town
I guessed but he left in a robe and sandals
With a Bible in his hand
And I thought to myself, John Daniel
I don't understand
Now I'd planned to meet some friends of
Mine when I got off at three
In the park we often gather to
Talk of love and peace
When I got there I found that
A crowd had gathered around
And there I saw John Daniel
A sitting on the ground
So, "You want to be free, " he said, "Well
This is how you can"
As he read from the Bible he held in his hand
We were searching for the truth
Not knowing where to look
Not knowing that the answers all
Were in John Daniel's book
John Daniel told us all how we could be free
John Daniel taught us all a better
Way for you and me
He came to us in our own way
So we'd be sure to see
He had the light and essence
Of the man from Galilee
John Daniel, John Daniel, John Daniel
John Daniel do you hold the
Answer to a higher plan?
John Daniel came to town one summer afternoon
Wearing dirty work clothes
So everyone presumed
He was just another logger from
The logging camp nearby and he was
But there was something different
In John Daniel's eyes ooh, John Daniel
Tell me where did you come from
Tell me where is it you've been john Daniel
Tell me why are you different from
All of these other men john Daniel
There's something about you that
I don't quite understand john Daniel
Do you hold the answer to a higher plan?
Wearing dirty work clothes
So everyone presumed
He was just another logger from
The logging camp nearby and he was
But there was something different
In John Daniel's eyes
John Daniel was a young man
Not more than twenty-four
And there was an air about him
That one could not ignore
And in spite of callused
Hands & dirty clothes, his face was kind
And I wanted so to know what
Was in John Daniel's mind
John Daniel
Tell me where did you come from tell
Me where is it you've been john Daniel
Tell me why are you different from
All of these other men john Daniel
There's something about you that
I don't quite understand john Daniel
Do you hold the answer to a higher plan?
I rented him a room he went
Upstairs like all the rest
It was Saturday and he'd be going in to town
I guessed but he left in a robe and sandals
With a Bible in his hand
And I thought to myself, John Daniel
I don't understand
Now I'd planned to meet some friends of
Mine when I got off at three
In the park we often gather to
Talk of love and peace
When I got there I found that
A crowd had gathered around
And there I saw John Daniel
A sitting on the ground
So, "You want to be free, " he said, "Well
This is how you can"
As he read from the Bible he held in his hand
We were searching for the truth
Not knowing where to look
Not knowing that the answers all
Were in John Daniel's book
John Daniel told us all how we could be free
John Daniel taught us all a better
Way for you and me
He came to us in our own way
So we'd be sure to see
He had the light and essence
Of the man from Galilee
John Daniel, John Daniel, John Daniel
John Daniel do you hold the
Answer to a higher plan?
John Daniel came to town one summer afternoon
Wearing dirty work clothes
So everyone presumed
He was just another logger from
The logging camp nearby and he was
But there was something different
In John Daniel's eyes ooh, John Daniel
Tell me where did you come from
Tell me where is it you've been john Daniel
Tell me why are you different from
All of these other men john Daniel
There's something about you that
I don't quite understand john Daniel
Do you hold the answer to a higher plan?