Rebecca Dale Peaden (BMI)/Tim Wheeler (ASCAP), Performance by Tim Wheeler
folk
country
christian
gospel
bluegrass
Lyrics
Lines On Ida’s Face (Male version)
(c) Tim Wheeler, Rebecca Dale Peaden, March 2006, Rev Aug 2006
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V1
First saw her wrinkled face when I was just a child
She remained a family friend when my teenage years turned wild
Long before I settled down, had a family of my own
Ida Watson was the rock that drew me back to home
It always struck her funny, that the things I tried to leave
Were the very truths I tried to find. The things I could believe
Chorus
If you read between the lines on Ida Watson’s face
You’ll take a roller coaster ride. Run a fast, amazing race
And though her roaring youth grew quiet for the whispering of age
The wisdom ran with grace
Between the lines on Ida’s face.
V2
Ida lost her husband in 1941
And after only 3 years, God took her only son
She swore she nearly drown herself, drank for 30 years or more
Tryin’ to dull the nightmares of polio and war.
But that woman used to tell me all the hell this world can give
Is there to make us stronger. To teach us how to live.
Chorus
Bridge
Ida used to tell to me that I was put here for a reason
‘bout the man that God made me to be
And it occurs to me that Ida found her purpose, and her healing!
It was to pour the life that she had left
Into people just like me
Chorus
I used to read between the lines on Ida Watson’s face
And take the roller coaster ride. The fast amazing race
And though her roaring life is over and she’s in a better place
Everytime I’m whispering a prayer
I can picture Ida standing there
Still can feel her love for me and sense God’s grace
In every memory of the lines on Ida’s face.