Cover art for God’s Coloring Book by Dolly Parton

God’s Coloring Book

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Oct. 3, 19771 viewer

God’s Coloring Book Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Today as I was walking
In the fields just down the way
I sat down on a fallen log
To pass the time away

[Chorus]
And as I looked around me
The more that I did look
The more I realized that I was viewing
God's coloring book

[Verse 2]
I saw a golden ray of sunlight
A silver drop of dew
A soft, white floating cloud
Sailing 'cross the sky of blue

[Verse 3]
A yellow dandelion
A pretty evergreen
And some red and orange flowers
Growing wild along the streams

[Chorus]
And the more I look around me
And the more that I do look
The more I realize that I am viewing
God's coloring book
[Interlude]
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm-mmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm-mmm, hmm, mmm, mmm
Hmm, hmm-mmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

[Verse 4]
The grain of sand in old man's hair
The pink in baby's cheeks
The blackness in a stormy sky
The brown in fallen leaves

[Verse 5]
And the multicolored rainbow
Stretched out across the sky
And the purple haze at sunset
Just before the night

[Chorus]
And the more I look around me
And the more that I do look
The more I realize that I am viewing
God's coloring book

[Verse 6]
Then I turn my face toward the sky
And say a silent prayer
Though God doesn't speak to me
I see him everywhere
[Verse 7]
He is all around me
He's everywhere I look
And each new day is but a new page
In God's coloring book

[Outro]
Each new day is but a new page
In God's coloring book
Hmm, mmm, mmm
Hmm-mmm, mmm, hmm-mmm, hmm
Hmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Hmm-mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm-mmm, mmm, hmm-mmm, mmm

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October 3, 1977
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