From the recording Blacktop
Lyrics
USED TO BE
MUSIC: ROY MONTROY; LYRICS: GLENN KAISER
NO TREES TO BLOCK THE WIND,
NO FENCE TO HOLD THE SNOW (2X)
IN MY YOUNGER DAYS PEOPLE,
ALL I KNEW WAS DARK AND COLD
MAMMA LEFT MY DADDY,
THEY BOTH WENT THEIR OWN WAY (2X)
I WAS FIGHTIN' FOR MYSELF,
FIGHTIN' IN MY YOUNGER DAYS
HEARD THAT LONELY TRAIN WHISTLE,
DEEP IN THE COUNTRY NIGHT (2X)
USED TO WONDER IF I'D FIND 'IM,
SOMEONE TO TREAT ME RIGHT
THREE O'CLOCK ONE MORNIN',
I HEARD THE SPIRIT CALL ME OUT
CALLIN' WITHOUT WARNIN',
I AIN'T LYIN', AIN'T NO DOUBT
I FINALLY HEARD GOOD NEWS,
THEY HEARD ME CRY—THEY HEARD ME SHOUT
THERE'S A NEW MAN SINGIN',
GOD IS SANCTIFYIN' ME
THERE'S A NEW MAN BREATHIN',
HE DONE BROKE THE CHAINS ON ME
AN' HE LOVES YOU LIKE HE LOVES ME,
HE'LL MAKE WHAT IS YOUR USED TO BE
HE LOVES YOU LIKE HE LOVES ME,
HE'LL MAKE WHAT IS YOUR USED TO BE
YES HE WILL
YOUR USED TO BE