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"I'm on my way (and I won't turn back)" is a traditional Gospel song. [1] It is described a typical "going-to-Canaan" song; and possibly an Underground Railroad song.[2]The lyrics begin "I'm on my way and I won't turn back, I'm on my way and I won't turn back, I'm on my way and I won't turn back; I'm on my way, great God, I'm on my way.
The lyrics describe a street preacher, a persona Billy's therapist says is a manic side of Billy's personality, triggered by stress and loss. As Billy sings, clowns from the freak show dance. Billy asks patrons of the nightclub to put him up for the night, but they refuse, knowing him to be a petty hustler.
Douglass similarly offers interesting comments but not clear evidence in My Bondage and Freedom: "A keen observer might have detected in our repeated singing of 'O Canaan, sweet Canaan, I am bound for the land of Canaan' something more than a hope of reaching heaven. We meant to reach the north – and the north was our Canaan.
Canaan Hymns or Songs of Canaan (Chinese: 迦南诗选; pinyin: Jiānán Shīxuǎn [1] [2]) is a collection of Chinese hymns composed by Lü Xiaomin, beginning in 1990. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Lü Xiaomin is a daughter of peasants of the Hui minority born in 1970, [ 5 ] who converted to Christianity. [ 3 ]
"Been to Canaan" is a song written by Carole King introduced on King's 1972 album release, Rhymes & Reasons. Released as that album's lead single, "Been to Canaan" peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1973 and it was the second of King's four number one hits on the Easy Listening chart. The single also reached number 20 on ...
1972 – "Come and Go with Me to That Land" by Bernice Johnson Reagon on the album River of Life/Harmony: One [5] 1984 – "Come and Go with Me to That Land" by Rune Larsen on the album Flammen [6] [7] 1999 – "Come and Go with Me to That Land" by Jesse L. Martin in an episode of the TV series The X-Files called "The Unnatural"
"Where You Lead" is one of two Carole King/Toni Stern collaborations featured on the 1971 album Tapestry, the other being the #1 single "It's Too Late".King had written the music and the majority of the lyric for "Where You Lead" when she solicited the assistance of Stern, saying: "I can't write the bridge to this: if you can figure out the bridge you can get [co-writing] credit for the song."
Drowning with Land in Sight is the seventh studio album by American rock band The 77s.It was released in 1994 on Myrrh Records.The music, their heaviest up to that point, ranged from the opening note-for-note Led Zeppelin cover to the straightforward Rolling Stones homage "Cold Cold Night" to Roy Orbison-influenced ballads "Film at 11", "The Jig Is Up", and "Alone Together".