Softly And Tenderly

Johnny Cash

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1. Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
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    calling for you and for me.
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    See, on the portals he's waiting and watching,
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    Watching for you and for me,

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Come home, come home,
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ye who are weary, come ho.me !
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Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
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calling, o sinner, come home.

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2. Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
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    pleading for you and for me ?
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    Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
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    mercies for you and for me?

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Come home, come home,
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ye who are weary, come ho.me !
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Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
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calling, o sinner, come home.

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3. O for the wonderful love he has promised,
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     promised for you and for me !
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    Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
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    pardon for you and for me.

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Come home, come home,
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ye who are weary, come ho.me !
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Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling,
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calling, o sinner, come home.