Reverend Gary Davis - Lord, I Wish I Could See lyrics

Lord, I Wish I Could See - Complete Recorded Works (1935-1949) It was a time when I went blind, it was a time when I went blind Was the darkest day that I ever saw, was the time when I went blind Lord, I cried the whole night long, Lord I cried the whole night long Cryin' “Oh, Lord won't ya tell me how long am I to be blind always?” Lord I wished I could see again, I wished I could see again If I could see how happy I would be, I wished I could see again Lord there nobody knows like me, that the trouble I do see I'm away in the dark got ta feel my way, Lord there nobody cares for me Lord it's hard I have to be blind, Lord it's hard I have to be blind I'm away in the dark and I have to be led, Lord it's hard I have to be blind Ah there's nobody knows like me, Lord there nobody knows like me Since I lost my sight I lost my friends, now there's nobody's a friend to me My friends turned they back on me, my friend turned their back on me ‘Cos away in the dark and I cannot see, yeh they turned their back on me Lord there nobody cares for me, nah there nobody cares for me ‘Cos away in the dark and I cannot see, now there nobody cares for me Lord my way is seem so hard, Lord I'm blind I cannot see Said I'm away in the dark got ta feel my way, Lord my way it seem so hard It was the time when I went blind, it was the time when I went blind Was a dreadful day that I ever see, was the time when I went blind Lord there nobody knows like me, at the trouble I do see (spoken) Y'all oughta realize that ya got the good sight, you ought ta know that it's a good thing to have You can see! It's the truth, you can see, I mean you can see, you can see everything coming to you! It was the time when I went blind Lord I wish I could See - From Blues to Gospel It was a time when I went blind, it was a time when I went blind It was the darkest day that I ever saw, was the time when I went blind Lord I wished I could see again, Lord I wished I could see again If I could see how happy I would be, I wished I could see again Lord there nobody knows like me, that the trouble I do see Since I lost my sight and I could not see, nobody cares for me Now there's nobody cares for me, now there nobody cares for me Cos I lost my sight and I cannot see, nobody cares for me It was the time when I went blind, it was the time when I went blind It was the darkest day that I ever saw it was the time… It's so hard I have to be blind, it's so hard I have to be blind An' when I had my sight I had a lotta friends, they turned their back on me Now they turned their back on me, ah they turned their back on me Since I lost my sight I lost my friends, nobody's a friend to me Lord I wished I could see again, Lord I wished I could see again Well Im out in the dark and I have to feel my way, Lord I wished I could see again