Recorded by Kenny Rogers Written by James Rowe and Howard Smith (3/4 time) C I'll write myself a simple song Get the whole world to sing along F G7 C G7 I'll call it a love song for you C And who knows I'm liable To take a song from the Bible D7 G7 And then when I'm through I'll just sing C Em G7 C F Em G7 C Love lifted me love lifted me F Em Dm C Am When nothing else would do C Em G7 C You know love lifted me Everybody's looking for a way To say something everybody's F G7 C G7 Saying well that's hard to do C Searching their minds trying to find The one of a kind way D7 G7 That they could say something new I'll just sing C Em G7 C F Em G7 C Love lifted me love lifted me F EmDm C Am When I was down and out C Em G7 C You know love lifted me Em G7 C F Em G7 C Love lifted me love lifted me F Em Dm C Am When nothing else would do C Em G7 C You know love lifted me C Em G7 C F Em G7 C Love lifted me love lifted me F EmDm C Am When I was down and out C Em G7 C You know love lifted me