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I’ll Keep Climbing

This version of I’Ll Keep Climbing was released by Dolly Parton in 1971.

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As I travel life’s pathway to that city beyond
I find the way so narrow and my strenght almost gone
Then I cry oh Lord have mercy please don’t leave me all alone
Cause somehow I’ve got to make it make heaven my home
I’ll keep climbing I’ll keep climbing till I make it my home
And I’ll soon be with Jesus round the great white throne
Though the way may seem rugged Lord I must travel on
I’ll keep climbing I’ll keep climbing till I make heaven my home

My friends they forsake me my companions are few
I’ll keep my eyes toward heaven no matter what others do
I’ll keep my mind upon Jesus for his way I will choose
Soon I’ll reach heaven’s portal seems it’s almost in view
I’ll keep climbing…
I’ll keep climbing…
Make heaven my home

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Dolly Parton has released many songs over the years besides I’Ll Keep Climbing. Dolly Parton released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Hello, I'm Dolly, Just Because I'm A Woman, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, In The Good Old Days, As Long As I Love, The Fairest Of Them All, A Real Live Dolly, Coat Of Many Colors, The Golden Streets Of Glory, Joshua, Touch Your Woman, My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner, Bubbling Over, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Jolene, Dolly: The Seeker / We Used To, The Bargain Store, All I Can Do, New Harvest... First Gathering, Here You Come Again, Heartbreaker, Great Balls Of Fire, 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Heartbreak Express, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Burlap & Satin, Rhinestone, The Great Pretender, Real Love, Rainbow, White Limozeen, Home For Christmas, Eagle When She Flies, Straight Talk, Slow Dancing With The Moon, Heartsongs: Live From Home, Something Special, Treasures, Hungry Again, The Grass Is Blue, Precious Memories, Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God And Country, and Those Were The Days. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Dolly Parton.

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About Lyrics and I’Ll Keep Climbing by Dolly Parton

The lyrics to I’Ll Keep Climbing are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Dolly Parton in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to I’Ll Keep Climbing are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Dolly Parton and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I’Ll Keep Climbing back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to I’Ll Keep Climbing by Dolly Parton in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I’Ll Keep Climbing" means the words set to the music of I’Ll Keep Climbing, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I’Ll Keep Climbing and the lyrics to I’Ll Keep Climbing are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ll Keep Climbing, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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