WHEN I'VE LEARNED ENOUGH TO DIE
(Buddy Killen / Ray Barker / Delbert Whitson)


Faron Young - 1958
Ferlin Husky - 1961
Johnny Cash - 1961
Bobby Bare - 1966



I have met the Master on my knees
Been tested and I've been tried
And I've seen the God of Heaven paint
The fields and the countryside

I've been the husband of one wife
Heard my newborn baby cry
But when I've learned enough to really live
I'll be old enough to die
Old enough to die

I'm just a plain hard working man
No stopping place have I found
Although I'm tired, I'm still inspired
At night when I lie down

I've learned to like it on God's earth
And sometimes I wonder why
When I've learned enough to really live
I'll be old enough to die
Old enough to die

When I've learned enough to really live
I'll be old enough to die
Old enough to die







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2011)