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Johnny Cash
The Survivors
I Saw the Light

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I Saw the Light

Release date: 1st April 1982

From The Survivors

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"I Saw the Light" is a track by Johnny Cash, from the album The Survivors, released 1st April 1982. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

I Saw the Light

[Verse 1]

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin

I wouldn't let my Dear Savior in

Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night

Praise the Lord I saw the light

[Chorus]

I saw the light, I saw the light

No more darkness, no more night

Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

[Verse 2]

Just like a blind man I wandered along

Worries and fears I claimed for my own

Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight

Praise the Lord - I saw the light

[Chorus]

I saw the light, I saw the light

No more darkness, no more night

Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

[Verse 3]

I was a fool to wander and stray

Straight is the gate and narrow the way

Now I have traded the wrong for the right

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

[Chorus]

I saw the light, I saw the light

No more darkness, no more night

Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

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From The Survivors

1982

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1982

—I Saw the Light

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Credits

Writer: Hank Williams
Producer: Carl Perkins
Credited: Carl Perkins, Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis