I Saw The Light

Words and music: Hank Williams in 1948.


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I wan-dered so aim-less

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Life filled with sin

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I would-n't let

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my dear Sav-ior in;

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Then Je-sus came

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like a strang-er in the night,

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Praise the L-or-d!

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I saw the light.

chorus

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I saw the li-gh-t,

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I saw the li-gh-t,

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No more in dark-ness,

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no more in ni-gh-t.

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And now I'm so hap-py,

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no sor-row in si-gh-t,

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Praise the L-or-d! I saw the light.

verse 2

Just like a blind man I wandered along,
Worries and fears I claimed for my own;
Then, like the blind man
that God gave back his sight
Praise the Lord! I saw the light.

verse 3

I was a fool to wander and stray,
Straight is the gate and narrow the way;
Now I have traded the wrong for the right,
Praise the Lord! I saw the light.