He Reached Down
Iris Dement

(Verse 1)

A certain man one day did go down to Jericho

Fallin among thieves along the way

Well they stripped him then they fled

Leaving him for dead

Lying on the side of the road

And then the priest came passing by

He crossed over to the other side

Then the Levite came and he did just the same

When the Samaritan heard his cry

He just could not pass on by

He dressed his wounds and he carried to the nearest inn

(Chorus)

Well he reached down, he reached down

He got right there on the ground

He reached down, he reached down

And he touched the pain

He paid the keeper the amount that was due

If you need more he said Im good for that too

He reached down, he reached down

And he touched the pain

(Verse 2)

And the Scribes and the Pharisees

Brought the adultress in for Jesus to see

Lord, shes sinned, now the law says she must be stoned

If theres a one of you thats without sin

Then you can cast the first stone in

One by one they left, leaving Jesus and the woman alone

< Sing Chorus >

Well no accusers are left that I see

And Woman, neither do I condemn thee

He reached down, he reached down

And he touched the pain

< Guitar Solo >

(Verse 3)

In the book a little story got told

About a traveler at the end of lifes road

Hes at the gates of the Kingdom and the Master says Come on in

For I was hungry and you gave me meat

I was cold you put shoes on my feet

When I was in prison there was you who come to see about me

(Chorus Modified)

Well you reached down, you reached down

You got right there on the ground

You reached down, you reached down

And you touched my pain

When you did it to the least of these

He said you were doin it unto me

You reached down, you reached down

And you touched my pain

Well he reached down, he reached down

And he touched the pain


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Lyrics by Iris Dement

  (We\   (We"re Not) The Jet Set   Acres Of Corn   After You're Gone   After You're Gone   All Is Sold   And This You Call Work   Banks Of Marble   Before the Colors Fade   Big City   Blessed Assurance   Break My Mind   Broad Gold   Calling For You   Childhood Memories   City Of New Orleans   Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day   Easy's Gettin' Harder Every Day   Fifty Miles of Elbow Room   Fill My Way With Love   Folsom Prison Blues   From An Airplane   From The Oriental Notebook   Go On Ahead and Go Home   God May Forgive You (But I Won't)   God May Forgive You (But I Won't)   God Walks The Dark Hills   Goodbye Little Darling   Heart's Highway   Hide Thou Me   Higher Ground   Hobo BIll's Last Ride   Hobo Bill's Last Ride   Hotter Than Mojave in My Heart   I Don't Want to Get Adjusted   I Don't Want To Get Adjusted To This World   I Don't Want To Get Adjusted To This World   I Miss A Lot Of Trains   I Never Shall Forget the Day   I Still Miss Someone   I'll Take My Sorrow Straight   I'm Out To Try My Hand At Love Again   I'm Still In Love With You   I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart   I'll Take My Sorrow Straight   I'm Out To Try My Hand At Love Again   I'm Still In Love With You   I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart   If That Ain't Love   In Spite Of Ourselves   Infamous Angel   It's Not With A Lover's Lyre \/ The Muse   Jambalaya   Keep Me God   Keep On The Sunny Side   Last Toast   Leaning on the Everlasting Arms   Let the Mystery Be   Let's Invite Them Over   Let's Invite Them Over   Letter to Mom   Like A Whte Stone   Listening To Singing   Livin' On the Inside   Living On The Inside   Lot's Wife   Love Abides   Makin' My Way Back Home   Mama Was Always Tellin' Her Truth   Mama's Opry   Mama's Opry   Mexican Home   Mom And Dad's Waltz   Mom And Dad's Waltz   Mornin' Glory   Morning Glory   My Life   No Time To Cry   Nobody Gonna Love On Me No More   Not With Deserters   Oh How Good   On The Wings Of A Dove   Our Town   Out Of the Fire   Over The Garden Wall   Pack Up Your Sorrows   Prayer   Pretty Saro   Quality Time   Reject The Burden   Sing The Delta   Song About Songs   Sweet Forgiveness   Sweet Hour of Prayer   Sweet Is The Melody   That Glad Reunion   That Glad Reunion Day   That's The Way Love Goes   That's The Way Love Goes   The Cherry Tree Carol   The Heart Tells The Story   The Kingdom Has Already Come   The Night I Learned How Not To Pray   The Old Gospel Ship   The Old Rugged Cross   The Shores Of Jordan   The Souls Of All My Dears   The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home   The Unclouded Day   The Way I Should   There's a Wall in Washington   There's a Whole Lotta Heaven   There's A Wall In Washington   These Hills   This Kind of Happy   To My Poems   Trouble   Troublesome Waters   Upon The Hard Crest   Walkin' Home   Walkin' Home   Wasteland of the Free   Wayfarin' Stranger   Wayfarin' Stranger   We Could   Wheels Of Love   When I Was Yours   When Love Was Young   When MY Mornin' Comes Around   When My Mornin' Comes Around   Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies   Whispering Pines   Wildwood Flower   You've Done Nothing Wrong   You've Done Nothing Wrong

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