{"id":5564,"date":"2022-06-01T18:16:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T18:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2022-07-02T01:22:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T01:22:51","slug":"447-the-song-when-i-was-lonely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/447-the-song-when-i-was-lonely\/","title":{"rendered":"#447: The Song “When I Was Lonely”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is mark Joseph “young”<\/i> blog entry #447, on the subject of The Song “When I Was Lonely”<\/i>.<\/p>\n

This is another very early song, undoubtedly from my high school days, performed by The Last Psalm.  It didn’t make the list because it’s a very simple song, musically and lyrically.<\/p>\n

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That doesn’t mean that the song has no merit at all.  The simple message is still solid.  In the fourth verse, I changed the accompanyment to underscore the notion of dying.  In the fifth verse, I replaced the last two lines with instrumental because “I haven’t been lying” would not be understood as intended.<\/p>\n

This was another vocals-over-midi-instruments recording<\/a> made as part of the nostalgic collection of Last Psalm songs recorded for Jes Oldham entitled When I Was Young<\/i>.  I remember that sometimes I sang it, but eventually I gave the solo to Peggy Lisbona, as it was in her range and I was trying to avoid being the star of the band.  It strikes me that Peggy was a friend of Jes, whom I met the night I invited Jes to sing with us and Peggy leaped at the opportunity to be involved.  I was hesitant to include someone I had never met before, but she proved to be a remarkable asset.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When I Was Lonely<\/i><\/b><\/font>.<\/p>\n

So here are the lyrics.<\/p>\n

When I was lonely and all alone
\nI just asked Jesus to be my own,
\nAnd I haven’t been lonely since He came in
\nAnd made my heart his home.<\/p>\n

When I was cryin’ and feelin’ sad
\nI just asked Jesus to make me glad,
\nAnd I haven’t been cryin’ since He came in
\nAnd made my heart his home.<\/p>\n

When I was searchin’ for who I am,
\nI just asked Jesus to take command
\nAnd I haven’t been searchin’ since He came in
\nAnd made my heart his home.<\/p>\n

When I was dyin’ inside my soul
\nI just asked Jesus to make me whole,
\nAnd I haven’t been dyin’ since He came in
\nAnd made my heart his home.<\/p>\n

When I was lyin’ flat on the floor
\nI heard my Jesus outside my door.<\/p>\n

When I was lonely and all alone
\nI just asked Jesus to be my own,
\nAnd I haven’t been lonely since He came in
\nAnd made my heart his throne.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I can only hope you benefit from the song in some way.  I will continue with additional songs in the future.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Previous web log song posts:<\/p>\n

#301:  The Song “Holocaust”<\/a><\/i> | #307:  The Song “Time Bomb”<\/a><\/i> | #311:  The Song “Passing Through the Portal”<\/a><\/i> | #314:  The Song “Walkin’ In the Woods”<\/a><\/i> | #317:  The Song “That’s When I’ll Believe”<\/a><\/i> | #320:  The Song “Free”<\/a><\/i> | #322:  The Song “Voices”<\/a><\/i> | #326:  The Song “Mountain, Mountain”<\/a><\/i> | #328:  The Song “Still Small Voice”<\/i><\/a> | #334:  The Song “Convinced”<\/a><\/i> | #337:  The Song “Selfish Love”<\/a><\/i> | #340:  The Song “A Man Like Paul”<\/a><\/i> | #341:  The Song “Joined Together”<\/a><\/i> | #346:  The Song “If We Don’t Tell Them”<\/a><\/i> | #349: The Song “I Can’t Resist You’re Love”<\/a><\/i> | #353:  The Song “I Use to Think”<\/a><\/i> | #356:  The Song “God Said It Is Good”<\/a><\/i> | #362:  The Song “My Life to You”<\/a><\/i> | #366:  The Song “Sometimes”<\/a><\/i> | #372:  The Song “Heavenly Kingdom”<\/a> | #378:  The Song “A Song of Joy”<\/a><\/i> | #382:  The Song “Not Going to Notice”<\/a><\/i> | #387:  The Song “Our God Is Good”<\/a><\/i> | #393:  The Song “Why”<\/a><\/i> | #399:  The Song “Look Around You”<\/a><\/i> | #404:  The Song “Love’s the Only Command”<\/a><\/i> | #408:  The Song “Given You My Name”<\/a><\/i> | #412:  The Song “When I Think”<\/a><\/i> | #414:  The Song “You Should Have Thanked Me”<\/a><\/i> | #428:  The Song “To the Victor”<\/a><\/i> | #433:  The Song “From Job”<\/a><\/i> | #436:  The Song “Trust Him Again”<\/a><\/i> | #438:  The Song “Even You”<\/a><\/i> | #441:  The Song “Fork in the Road”<\/a><\/i> | #442:  The Song “Call to Worship”<\/a><\/i> | #445:  The Song “How Many Times”<\/a><\/i> <\/p>\n

Next Song:  Rainy Days<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is mark Joseph “young” blog entry #447, on the subject of The Song “When I Was Lonely”. This is another very early song, undoubtedly from my high school days, performed by The Last Psalm.  It didn’t make the list because it’s a very simple song, musically and lyrically. That doesn’t mean that the song … Continue reading #447: The Song “When I Was Lonely”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,42],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-5564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-and-theology","category-music","tag-ministry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5564"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5582,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions\/5582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mjyoung.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}