Dolly Parton

Released: October 3, 1977

Songwriter: Dolly Parton

[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 looked around me
The more that I do look
The more I realize that I am viewing
God's coloring book

[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
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Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music

Beginning her career as a child performer, Parton issued a few modestly successful singles from 1959 through the mid-1960s, showcasing her distinctive soprano voice. She came to greater prominence in 1967 as a featured performer on singer Porter Wagoner’s weekly television program; their first duet single, a cover of Tom Paxton’s “The Last Thing on My Mind”, was a top-ten hit on the country singles charts, and led to several successful albums before they ended their partnership in 1974. Moving towards mainstream pop music, Parton’s 1977 single “Here You Come Again” was a success on both the country and pop charts. A string of pop-country hits followed into the mid-1980s, the most successful being her 1981 hit 9 to 5" (from the film of the same name), and her 1983 duet with Kenny Rogers “Islands in the Stream”, both of which topped the U.S. pop and country singles charts. A pair of albums recorded with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris were among her later successes. In the late 1990s, Parton returned to classic country/bluegrass with a series of acclaimed recordings

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