The Automobile of Life
Roy Acuff

Some people are just like an automobile
They'll run fine when every thing is right
When the roads are all clear and the weather is fine
And there's plenty of sunshine and light

But often they come to a wash out
And then get stuck and have to detour
Maybe a break in the casting will prove
They never were built to endure

Get plenty of water and plenty of oil
And the best gasoline you can find
Have the engine tuned up and look out for your breaks
You'll have some hard places to climb

Look out for the tires for the blowouts will come
On a dangerous curve deep and neigh
But if you'll let Jesus take hold of the wheel
You'll make it to heaven on high

Some auto's are painted and polished so bright
They sell for more than they are worth
And some people think their profession
Will do stop short of the bibles new birth

Just start up your engine and then
You can tell if the thing is hitting on six
For if you depend on the looks of the car
You'll be in a terrible fix

Now all our profession's of powder and paint
Though lovely upon the outside
Won't answer to God for He looks on the heart
It matters not how hard we've tried

So if you are stuck in the quicksand of sin
And wondering and floundering about
Just let God's great engine of glory and grace
With a cable of love pull you out

Get plenty of water and plenty of oil
And the best gasoline you can find
Have the engine tuned up and look out for your breaks
You'll have some hard places to climb

Look out for the tires for the blowouts will come
On a dangerous curve deep and neigh
But if you'll let Jesus take hold of the wheel
You'll make it to heaven on high


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  144.000   As Long As I Live   Automobile Of Life   Back in the Country   Be Honest With Me   Beautiful Brown Eyes   Black Mountain Rag [Instrumental]   Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain   Blue Ridge Mountain Blues   Branded Wherever I Go   Candy Kisses   Dance Around Molly [Instrumental]   Dance Around Molly [Instrumental]   Don't Let Me Cross Over   Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good   Dust on the Bible   Easy Rockin' Chair   Filipino Baby   Fire Ball Mail   Fireball Mail   Foggy River   Freight Train Blues   Goodbye My Love (i Heard A Silver Trumpet)   Great Speckle Bird   Great Speckled Bird   Hey Good Lookin'   I Can't Help It (if I'm Still In Love With You)   I Love You Because   I Saw The Light   I Saw the Light [*]   I Wonder If God Likes Country Music   I'll Go On Alone   I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven   I'm Movin' On   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry   It Won't Be Long (Till I'll Be Leaving)   Jambalaya (On The Bayou)   Jesus Died For Me   Jole Blon   Kaw-Lig   Kaw-Liga   Last Letter   Life's Railway To Heaven   Lonely Mound of Clay   Lonesome Indian [Instrumental]   Lonesome Old Blues   Lonesome Old River Blues   Low and Lonely   Mansion on the Hill   Midnight Train   Mule Skinner Blues   Night Train to Memphis   No One Will Ever Know   Oh Lonesome Me   Oh, Lonesome Me   Old Time Sunshine Song   Pan American   Pan American [*]   Pins And Needles (In My Heart)   Polk County Breakdown [Instrumental]   Polk County Breakdown [Instrumental]   Precious Jewel   Prodigal Son   Remember Me   Remember Me (when The Candle Lights Are Gleaming)   Rising Sun   Satisfied Mind   Smoky Mountain Rag [Instrumental]   Smoky Mountain Rag [Instrumental]   Smoky Mountain Rag [Instrumental]   Steel Guitar Blues   Streamlined Cannonball   Streamlined Cannonball   Streamlined Cannonball   Streamlined Cannonball   Sunshine Special   Sweeter Than The Flowers   Take These Chains From My Heart   Tennessee Central No. 9   Tennessee Central No.9   Tennessee Waltz   Thank God   That Glory Bound Train   That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine   The Great Speckled Bird   The Great Titanic   The Minight Train   The Precious Jewel   The Prodigal Son   The Streamlined Cannon Ball   The Streamlined Cannonball   The Tennessee Waltz   The That Glory Bound Train   The Thief Upon the Tree   The Wabash Cannonball   The Waltz of the Wind   The Wreck on the Highway   There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight   Tomorrow Never Comes   Turn Your Radio On   Uncle Pen   Unloved and Unclaimed   Wabash Cannon Ball   Wabash Cannonball   Wait For The Light To Shine   Waltz of the Wind   We Live In Two Different Worlds   Were You There When They Crucified My Lord   Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?   What A Friend We Have In Jesus   Why Don't You Love Me   Will The Circle Be Unbroken   Wonder Is All I Do   Wreck Of The Old 97   Wreck On The Highway   You Win Again   Your Cheating Heart

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