Higher Calling
This song was written by Tom Howard. Larry Norman recorded and released a cover to raise awareness of Tom's music
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Version 1 is a full studio recording
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Version 2 is the same recording as version 1, but fading out a little later
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lyrics version 1
A woman came knocking on my front door just the other day
She said piano man, come on and take my hand and we can laugh the night away
Well my heart then kind of hardened but I refused to bargain
I said no deal and I sent her on her way
I said
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and much too much to lose
I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to a higher calling
Oh-oh ooh ooh
Well I'm friends with a clever agent out near Hollywood
He said minimise your christian emphasis and you'll be doing good
He said financially you're broke and your music is a joke
So then I told him about my goal, don't think he understood
I told him
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
And I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
There's nothing can compare
With living in God's care
You can take the pleasure with the pain
'Cos a better life is there
My manager said he had a plan to increase my fee
We could overcharge on the airfares, well it sounded fine to me
But then I changed my mind and chose the other
'Cos it's like stealing from your brother
Yeah this is what my conscience said to me
It said huh
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
Uh huh my soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
(Bum bum bum bum......)
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
Oh yeah, I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
She said piano man, come on and take my hand and we can laugh the night away
Well my heart then kind of hardened but I refused to bargain
I said no deal and I sent her on her way
I said
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and much too much to lose
I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to a higher calling
Oh-oh ooh ooh
Well I'm friends with a clever agent out near Hollywood
He said minimise your christian emphasis and you'll be doing good
He said financially you're broke and your music is a joke
So then I told him about my goal, don't think he understood
I told him
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
And I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
There's nothing can compare
With living in God's care
You can take the pleasure with the pain
'Cos a better life is there
My manager said he had a plan to increase my fee
We could overcharge on the airfares, well it sounded fine to me
But then I changed my mind and chose the other
'Cos it's like stealing from your brother
Yeah this is what my conscience said to me
It said huh
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
Uh huh my soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
(Bum bum bum bum......)
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
Oh yeah, I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
lyrics version 2
A woman came knocking on my front door just the other day
She said piano man, come on and take my hand and we can laugh the night away
Well my heart then kind of hardened but I refused to bargain
I said no deal and I sent her on her way
I said
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and much too much to lose
I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to a higher calling
Oh-oh ooh ooh
Well I'm friends with a clever agent out near Hollywood
He said minimise your christian emphasis and you'll be doing good
He said financially you're broke and your music is a joke
So then I told him about my goal, don't think he understood
I told him
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
And I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
There's nothing can compare
With living in God's care
You can take the pleasure with the pain
'Cos a better life is there
My manager said he had a plan to increase my fee
We could overcharge on the airfares, well it sounded fine to me
But then I changed my mind and chose the other
'Cos it's like stealing from your brother
Yeah this is what my conscience said to me
It said huh
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
Uh huh my soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
(Bum bum bum bum......)
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
Oh yeah, I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
Ain't gonna lose it
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
She said piano man, come on and take my hand and we can laugh the night away
Well my heart then kind of hardened but I refused to bargain
I said no deal and I sent her on her way
I said
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and much too much to lose
I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to a higher calling
Oh-oh ooh ooh
Well I'm friends with a clever agent out near Hollywood
He said minimise your christian emphasis and you'll be doing good
He said financially you're broke and your music is a joke
So then I told him about my goal, don't think he understood
I told him
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
And I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
There's nothing can compare
With living in God's care
You can take the pleasure with the pain
'Cos a better life is there
My manager said he had a plan to increase my fee
We could overcharge on the airfares, well it sounded fine to me
But then I changed my mind and chose the other
'Cos it's like stealing from your brother
Yeah this is what my conscience said to me
It said huh
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
I'm a servant of the king and that's the reason why I sing
My soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
Uh huh my soul is gonna cling to the higher calling
(Bum bum bum bum......)
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
Oh yeah, I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose
I got a higher calling and I got much too much to lose
Ain't gonna lose it
I got a higher calling and that's the path I choose