Loretta Lynn_ Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn [107]
I told you, I don’t go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems. Am I doing God’s wishes by performing the same songs, over and over again, until I’m fifty or sixty? Am I living the way I was meant to live?
Some people would be afraid to ask themselves those questions. Well, I’m not afraid. I want more out of life than I’ve gotten—and I want to give more, too. I’d love to travel more to other countries, particularly the Holy Land. I’d love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
It’s like I said at the beginning of the book. I feel things starting to change in me again. I’m starting to dress more modern. I’m watching how the young people are looking for answers. I’m putting my life in God’s hands, nobody else’s. So that’s where the book ends, folks. I can’t give you the entire Loretta Lynn story, because I’m positive there’s more to come.
You just watch.
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“I Wanna Be Free” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1970 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc., Nashville, Tenn. 37203; “Coal Miner’s Daughter” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1969 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “They Don’t Make ’Em Like My Daddy” by Jerry Chesnut. Copyright © 1972 Passkey Music Inc., Nashville, Tenn.; “When You’re Poor” by Tracey Lee. Copyright © 1971 Coal Miners Music Inc., 7 Music Circle N, Nashville, Tenn.; “That’s Where I Learned to Pray” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1965 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “You’re Looking at Country” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1970 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am” by Merle Haggard. Copyright © 1968 Blue Book Music, Bakersfield, Calif. 93308; “I’ve Never Been This Far Before” by Conway Twitty. Copyright © 1973 Twitty Bird Music Publishing Co.; “Two Steps Forward” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1965 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “One’s on the Way” by Shel Silverstein. Copyright © 1971 Evil Eye Music Inc., New York, NY.; “Mama, Why?” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1968 by Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels” by J. D. Miller. Copyright © 1952 Peer International Corp.; “I’m A Honky-Tonk Girl” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1968 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “I Love You, Loretta Lynn” by Johnny Durham. Copyright © 1969 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “Rated ‘X’ ” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1971 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “Hey Loretta” by Shel Silverstein. Copyright © 1973 and 1974 Evil Eye Music Inc.; “I Miss You More Today” by Loretta Lynn and Lorene Allen. Copyright © 1972 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “One Little Reason” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1969 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “Blue-Eyed Kentucky Girl” by Bobby Hardin. Copyright © 1973 King Coal Music Inc., 7 Music Circle N, Nashville, Tenn.; “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)” by Peggy Sue Wells and Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1966 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “Back to the Country” by Tracey Lee. Copyright © 1975 Coal Miners Music Inc.; “I Only See the Things I Wanna See” by Loretta Lynn and Loudilla Johnson. Copyright © 1968 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “Trip to Hyden” by Tom T. Hall. Copyright © 1971 Newkeys Music Inc., Nashville, Tenn.; “What Makes Me Tick” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1970 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “Red, White and Blue” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1975 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “Why Me?” by Kris Kristofferson. Copyright © 1972 (BMI) Resaca Music Publishing Co.; “Five Fingers Left” by Loretta Lynn. Copyright © 1969 Sure-Fire Music Co. Inc.; “I Believe” by Ervin Drake/Irvin Graham/Jimmy Shirl/Al Stillman. TRO-Copyright © 1952 and 1953 Cromwell Music Inc., New York, NY; “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver/Bill Danoff/Taffy Nivert. Copyright © 1971 Cherry Lane Music Co.; “Love is the Foundation” by William C. Hall. Copyright © 1973 Coal Miners Music Inc.