OLD UPRIGHT PIANO
Daryl K Williams / Chris White Music / BMI / Asheville Music Publishing / BMI
VERSE 1
ON THE /RIGHT SIDE OF THE /PLATFORM PUSHED /UP AGAINST THE /WALL
WAS AN /OLD UPRIGHT PI/ANO THAT I / THOUGHT STOOD TEN FEET TALL
WHEN /SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS /OVER SOME/ONE WOULD START TO /PLAY
AND /ALL US KIDS MARCHED /IN LIKE LITTLE /SOLDIERS ON PA/RADE
VERSE 2
NO /ORCHESTRA OF /PLAYERS COULD /EVER FILL A /ROOM
WITH /SWEETER SOUNDS THAN /THAT PIANO, /SLIGHTY OUT OF /TUNE
IT /CALLED US ALL TO /WORSHIP AND GOD’S /GLORY FILLED THE PLACE
AS THE /JOYFUL NEWS OF /JESUS RANG /OUT WITH SONGS OF /PRAISE
CHORUS
THAT /OLD UPRIGHT PI/ANO MADE MY /SPIRIT WANT TO /SING
AND IN /MEMORY /I STILL GO BACK /THERE TO HEAR IT /RING
ANY/ONE WHO TOUCHED THOSE /IVORYS
GOD’S A/NOINTING BLESSED THEIR /HANDS
AND THAT /OLD UPRIGHT PI/ANO
WAS PART OF /GOD’S OWN PERFECT /PLAN
VERSE 3
FOLKS BE/GAN TO FILL THE /CHURCH HOUSE TO /HEAR THAT HAPPY SOUND
BE/FORE TOO LONG THE /ELDERS HAD THEIR /SHOVELS BREAKIN’ GROUND
FOR A /BRAND NEW BUILDING /PROGRAM ON THE /BACK LOT OF OUR LAND
AND THAT /OLD UPRIGHT WAS /PUSHED ASIDE
TO /MAKE ROOM FOR A /GRAND
BRIDGE
WHEN THE /CHILDREN’S CHURCH IN/HERITED THAT /OLD BEAT UP KEY/BOARD
/WE WERE THRILLED TO /GET IT LIKE A /SWEET GIFT FROM THE /LORD
I /WON’T FORGET THE /MORNING I /HEARD OUR TEACHER /SAY
WE’VE /GOT THIS OLD /PIANO AND /SHE ASK ME TO PLAY