In My Time of Need (Good Merle In My Hour ending short)

[Musical introduction with a slow building piano and acoustic guitar strumming] [Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, steel guitar, bass, drums] [Verse 1] We started looking for you Through the caves in the dark The search we had was long We were looking for a spark Who’d have ever thought they’d be Such a deadly winding bend To be so strong, to take so long As it would ‘till the end [Musical interlude] [Verse 2] We saw wrecks of buildings And ships passing through the night We saw words written long ago Reflections of your pure light There was an old man Kind and wise with age And he read me just like a book And he never missed a page [Chorus] Don’t you leave us in the dark Don’t you leave us in the dark In my time of need Don’t you leave us in the dark [Verse 3] Yes, we saw your old flames Smoldered through the night Miles and miles without a word With just our high beam lights You were just a country boy Your simple songs confess The music you had deep inside So very few possess [Chorus] Don’t you leave us in the dark Don’t you leave us in the dark In my time of need Don’t you leave us in the dark [Piano musical interlude] [Verse 4] Every heart is much the same We tell ourselves down here The same chambers fed by veins The same maze of love and fear And I loved him like my father And I loved him like my friend And I knew his time would shortly come But I did not know just when [Chorus] Don’t you leave us in the dark Don’t you leave us in the dark In my darkest hour Don’t you leave us in the dark [Musical outro with piano and acoustic guitar] [Song stops] [Verse 2] We saw wrecks of buildings And ships passing through the night We saw words written long ago On walls etched in pure light There was an old man Who uttered not a word And in his hands an ancient book With joyous songs unheard [Chorus] Don’t you leave us in the dark Words written from your heart In my time of need Don’t you leave us in the dark [Verse 3] Yes, we saw your old flames Smolder through the night Miles and miles without a word With just our high beam lights You were just a country boy No simple sins to confess Come to me, ‘o weary sinner And I will give you rest [Chorus] Don’t you leave us in the dark Words written from your heart In my time of need Don’t you leave us in the dark [Piano musical interlude] [Verse 4] Every soul is much the same ‘Round here we like to say Oh, the same debt must be owed The same payment must be made And I loved him like my brother And I loved him like my friend And I knew his time would surely come But I did not know just when [Chorus] Don’t you leave us in the dark Words written from your heart In my darkest hour Don’t you leave us in the dark [Musical outro with piano and acoustic guitar] [Song stops] [Verse 4] Every soul is much the same ‘Round here we like to say Oh, the same debt must be owed The same payment must be made And I loved him like my brother And I loved him like my friend And I knew his time would surely come But I did not know just when [Chorus] Don’t you leave us in the dark Words written from your heart In my darkest hour Don’t you leave us in the dark [Improvised musical interlude guitar solo] [Chorus] In my hour of darkness In my time of need O Lord grant me vision O Lord grant me speed [Acapella harmony] In my hour of darkness In my time of need O Lord grant me vision O Lord grant me speed [Song stops]