A PICTURE OF JESUS
By: Dixie Hall (BMi)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA
I STOPPED A WHILE TO VISIT WITH A FRIEND
SHE RAN THE COUNTRY STORE LIKE HER DADDY HAD BEFORE
NOTHING MUCH HAD CHANGED SINCE WAY BACK THEN
I STOOD LOOKING AT A WALL OF FADED PICTURES
SOME OF THEM BEGINNING TO TURN BROWN
JOHN AND UNCLE JIM UP THERE WITH LORETTA LYNN
AND EVERYBODY WHO HAD BEEN THROUGH TOWN

CHORUS: PICTURES ON THE WALL, FAMOUS PEOPLE ONE AND ALL
THEIR PICTURES WERE HANGING ON THE WALL

VERSE 2: AMONG THEM ALL I SAW THE FACE OF JESUS
WITH THE BIG CELEBRITIES WE KNOW SO WELL
WHEN I ASKED HER WHY SHE GAVE ME THIS REPLY
SHE SAID THAT'S A STORY THAT I LOVE TO TELL
SHE SAID IT WAS A YEAR AGO COME SUNDAY
AN OLD MAN WITH A BIBLE CAME TO CALL
HE SAID DO YOU LOVE JESUS, SHE SAID YES SIR
BUT HE JUST LOOKED UP SADLY AT THE WALL

CHORUS: PICTURES ON THE WALL, FAMOUS PEOPLE ON THE WALL
NO PICTURE OF JESUS ON THE WALL

VERSE 3: WELL, FULL OF SHAME SHE RAN TO GET A PICTURE
SHE PUT JESUS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORE
SHE TURNED TO THANK THE STRANGER FOR HIS WISDOM
THERE WAS JUST A PATCH OF SUNLIGHT ON THE FLOOR

CHORUS: PICTURES ON THE WALL, FAMOUS PEOPLE ONE AND ALL
A PICTURE OF JESUS ON THE WALL