This is a response to Lot2Learn's video: Tom's Gospel Blues (that's me :) Thanks Roger! Absolutely Fantasic!    • Tom's Gospel Blues  

I grew up playing Gospel (and Classical). That is where my jazz playing started. Growing up in Louisiana, I was also exposed to New Orleans Gospel and Jazz, which has a different twist to it. My God is Real is played with more of a Mahalia Jackson and Elvis sacred music style. Just a Closer Walk with Thee is more of an Allen Toussaint New Orleans style. I hope you enjoy it.

MY GOD IS REAL
There are some things
I may not know
There are some places
I can't go

But I'm sure
Of this one thing
That God is real
For I can feel
Him deep within

Chorus:
Yes, God is real
Real in my soul
Yes, God is real
For He has washed
And made me whole
His love for me
Is like pure gold
Yes, God is real
For I can feel
Him in my soul

Verse Two:
Some folks may doubt
Some folks may scorn
All can desert
And leave me alone
But as for me
I'll take God's part
For God is real and I can feel
Him in my heart

Verse Three:
I cannot tell
Just how you felt
When Jesus
Took all your sins away
But since that day
Yes, since that hour
God has been real
For I can feel
His holy power


JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

I am weak, but Thou art strong;
Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
Ill be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

When my feeble life is oer,
Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely oer
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.