Just a closer walk with Thee Grant it Jesus if you please I'll be satisfied as long, as I walk, dear Lord, close to Thee I am weak but Thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong I'll be satisfied as long, as I walk, dear Lord, close to Thee See me through days of wine and roses By and by when the morning comes Jazz and blues and folk, poetry and jazz Voice and music, music and no music Silence and then voice Music and writing, words Memories, memories way back Take me way back, Hyndford Street and Hank Williams Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet on Sunday afternoons in winter Sidney Bechet, Sunday afternoons in winter And the tuning in of stations in Europe on the wireless Before, yes before it was the way it was More silence, more breathing together Not rushing, being Before rock 'n' roll, before television Previous, previous, previous See me through, just a closer walk with Thee Just a closer walk with Thee Grant it Jesus if you please I'll be satisfied as long, as I walk, dear Lord, close to Thee I am weak but Thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong I'll be satisfied as long, as I walk, dear Lord, close to Thee.