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From Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Where your family worked the land
To Visalia, California
And your first country band
Over fifty years upon these boards
Our lives became entwined
Thanks to you this country girl has got
A satisfied mind
With "Old Ferlin Dear"
"John Letter"
Became a number one song
It was good old country music
And everyone would sing along
When I hear that lonesome steel guitar
Or a country fiddle play
Your voice rings through the Hall of Fame
It ain't never slipping away
So timeless on this road of life
Your songs will never age
A flutter of our hearts ago
You stepped out on that stage
As the years go by so quickly
I thank God that we
Were blessed with you, Gene Shepherd
In the Grand Ole Opry
When some day you leave this circle
And walk out those backstairs
Where so many times you've entered
As an answer to our prayers
You'll be waltzing with the angels
To a good old country song
As you go to meet some friends I know
You've missed for so long
So timeless on this road of life
Your songs will never age
A flutter of our hearts ago
You stepped out on that stage
As the years go by so quickly
I thank God that we
Were blessed with you, Gene Shepherd
In the Grand Ole Opry
We were blessed with you, Gene Shepherd
In the Grand Ole Opry