Willie Nelson - Farther Along Lyrics






Tempted and tried
We're oft made to wonder
Why it should take us
All the day long
While there are others
Living about us
Never molested
Though in the wrong.
Farther along
We'll know all about
Farther along
We'll understand why
Cheer up my brother
Live in the sunshine
We'll understand it
All by and by.

When we see Jesus
Coming in glory
When he comes down from
His home in the sky
Then we shall meet him
In that bright mansion
We'll understand it
All by and by.
Farther along
We'll know all about
Farther along
We'll understand why
Cheer up my brother
Live in the sunshine
We'll understand it
All by and by.
We'll understand it
All by and by





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  1. P.... F....

    It is all a Dream dear brethren. God's Dream. We are Inside His Wonderful Mind. Heaven is our Father's Memory.

  2. C.... R....

    This put tears to me but also cheered me up listen to this song to comfort me recently my older brother in natural attempted to kill him self because of drugs and cut him self with a razor blade like 20 times if it hadn’t been for these two boys their names are Clinton and Connor and they know who they are they are a hero they stopped him from getting killed and the boys and my mom seemed and got him help want see him till Thursday I want to say to the maker of the video thank u this song comforts me a lot anyone reading this plz pray for me and my family most of all pray for my older brother and not many people know how I feel this just happens 3 days and so many hours ago from right now Love Peace Live and God be with all of y’all

  3. S.... T....

    Elvis Presley sang it better but this is still great

  4. J.... W....

    I love Willie Nelson and this song and the way he sang and played it. It was disappointing to see obama's picture in it though. If his picture just has to be shown in a Willie Nelson video then I think it would fit better in Whiskey River.

  5. C.... J....

    This is just a lovely hymn, I love the assurance that in time we will understand.

  6. E.... H....

    Too loud and overloaded here. Just listen to Mississippi John Hurt's pure soft beautiful version.

  7. Z.... T....

    It really was counter to the Spirit to mix politics with this beautiful hymn.

  8. E.... W....

    Love these songs. Love Willie Nelson.🙏❤️🇺🇸

  9. G.... O....

    My son is sick with mental illness and won't take medication. He totaled his truck, got fired from a good job then moved out. He has gone through several jobs and 40 days in a state hospital. My other children say he is living with his mother but that won't last. Pray for us.

    G.... O....

    Gerald O'Hare so sorry for your pain. I pray God will touch and heal him. Our Father is a miracle working Father. Always his will be done and asking in Jesus name. Amen. So many parents are going through similar situations. Just keep praying. Sometimes we need to let go and let God. Find peace in your heart. God is in control .🙏❤️

  10. N.... K....

    WHAT A PURITY AND BLOSSOMY WORDS IN THE LOVELY SONG WITH THE BACKGROUND OF MUSIC THEY ARE.

  11. J.... A....

    I lost a very close friend Sunday morning to Cancer lungs and brain. I will miss her I loved her very much!

  12. L.... O....

    I Love this song and Willie did a good job it help me cause I loss my husband,to cancer be 2 years Jan 29 2018 I miss him this song reminds me I will understand, it one day in heaven where I will see him again and my Lord

  13. G.... A....

    Villy Nilsson - ännu en skandinav. Tänk noga, nu. Och lyssna på honom.
    Gert Appelkvist

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  14. K.... Y....

    SO BEAUTIFUL. LOVE YOU SO MUCH WILLIE NELSON.GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS. MY GRANDFATHER MOSS WOULD PLAY BY EAR ON THE PIANO.WHEN I WAS 3.ALSO TAUGHT US BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN.ANOTHER FAVORITE ONE OF MY SONGS. ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET YOU.SAT AND TALK WITH YOU.AMEN.A TRUE FAN.KATHY MOSS YOUNGBLOOD. 9-917.❤❤❤❤❤❤🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

  15. R.... A....

    I cannot hear this but it brings tears to my eyes.......

  16. W.... G....

    There is just a lot listeners who will pass judgement on Willie and his life style but I am not one of them. Only God's singers can bring the tears and when my eyes clear I'll thank him for Willie.

    W.... G....

    William Greene sane I live willie as a brother in Christ I live his music

    W.... G....

    Same not sane
    Love not live

    W.... G....

    I have never known Willie however his songs and music touch deep down to the soul as few peoples Have with the exception of Merle and George Jones. Not bad going I would say . Thank you.

  17. w.... ....

    Willie, I wonder are you equal opportunistic politically ?

  18. R.... C....

    FOR A PERSON TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT A PERSON AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA WHOM THE PEOPLE VOTED IN IS LOWER THAN WHALE POOP. GOD PUT THAT PRESIDEN TTHERE AS HE PUP THE OTHER 43!! HATE WILL CALL YOU TO HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAYS UNLESS YOU FIND JESUS

  19. j.... b....

    I agree love this song. was in a bar one night 30 years ago, not drinking but was with some buddies  and David Frazell was playing and as he was finishing his final set with a meddaly of songs he broke into I'll fly away. Suddenly everybody stood up and some even teared up. It showed my that even in a non church setting people can be spoken to. Spirituality is a wonderful thing. Willie is famous for a lot of things and I don't judge, that's Gods job, but a person that can sing Farther Along and the like has an understanding of Salvation/Grace. Just my humble opinion.

    j.... b....

    People don't even understand what the word 'judge' means anymore. To judge is to mete out sentence. Calling sin sin is not judgment. The Bible tells you: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

    Speaking of physical beings. Men. False prophets. DISCERN that which is right and wrong. When the Bible tells you that light hath no communion with darkness is God confused? When the Bible says to not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers, when it asks what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness, is God contradicting himself? God can work wonders in any situation using any man he pleases but for those who are already supposedly in the faith we have been told what is and isn't acceptable behavior. This isn't all Old Testament 'under the law' doctrine. Being able to sing a song is not a measure of a man's salvation =\

    I don't give two craps either way 'bout Willy but I really don't understand how Christians can excuse all manner of behavior in direct contradiction of the scripture. Does modern man or God know better? May Jesus Christ bless and keep you. Have a good one

    j.... b....

    AMEN, brother - thought the same too!

  20. J.... H....

    Growing up, my home was filled with this great heart music! After 87yrs I can still hear my folks singing along!!

  21. b.... a....

    To my darling girl Teresa I do not know who you are but I love you throuh the love of the Lord and my heart goes out to you form the love of God that is shed abroad in my heart so it is real and sincere......may the blessed Lord give you His comfort His Hope His truth and His love and yes you will be with your precious child again.......what else can I say except I am tender toward all of your feelings but the one who knows all will be your sustainer.....bless the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost

  22. L.... S....

    love this song

  23. r.... r....

    thankyou

  24. L.... L....

    Another great song done by the legend himself!

  25. b.... ....

    Just finished my school's production of Second Samuel..... Kind of prefer this to Dolly Parton's version. :)

  26. K.... T....

    every one lives Willie

  27. c.... l....

    Thank You for this amazing version of this song. My uncle who I looked at like a daddy to me. past away and they played this song at his wake. Thank You God for your amazing love you show to all of us.

    c.... l....

    crazy lopp in rock

    c.... l....

    Tiz amazing fella, Willie can truly make the grace when he wants to. . God Bless Him

  28. N.... S....

    I've lost a son, a father and a mother.  Thank you Mr. Nelson for your music. No one knows the hurt one feels and how alone they are without their loved ones.  I absolutely love your music.  You have always been WAY before your time.  You are GREAT

    N.... S....

    Nancy Salisbury I know my older brother attempted to kill himself

    N.... S....

    Because of drug usage

    N.... S....

    Two boys ended up stopping him after he had like 20 cuts abs seemed for help for him

  29. C.... C....

    Prefer Elvis Presley's version, although this is a lovely cut of this famous song. Nice one Willie

  30. J.... F....

    Cântico Gospel Country Americano - " ENTENDEREMOS " - Muito bonito, cantado por Willie Nelson.

  31. K.... J....

    Loves all!

  32. K.... J....

    Why not Willie and Obama? Willie is a gracious man and lives all, so if he's okay with it, so am I!

  33. J.... R....

    This song was written in November 1900 by W.B. Stevens shortly after the death of his son. It was first published in 1907 in 'The Holiness Carol Songbook'. Old song!!!

  34. J.... H....

    It’s possible to have the experience and miss the meaning.

  35. K.... H....

    THANK YOU FOR UPLOAD THESE INSPIRING SONGS WILLIE NELSON'S PRAISES W/ GUITAR & SONG TO FATHER GOD.

  36. K.... E....

    Superb loved everything you intro who wrote the song etc brillant
    Greetings from IRELAND 😉 salamat for this gem lovely version expected nothing less of Willie. ...

    K.... E....

    Haha just seen this

    K.... E....

    +Tolo Tonga I just saw it also but I don't see what you find funny about it !! Please explain ??!! I think it's a very spiritual and uplifting song  !!!

  37. T.... E....

    I just came to hear this to bring up my spirits in hard times missing my mother, and it deeply saddens me to see angry comments on such a wonderful song. I don't care what your political view points are. Just enjoy this beautiful hymn please.

    T.... E....

    +Thomas Eldridge sorry for your loss;yes,this is nice and i like Willie a lot.My personal favourite version is by Gram Parsons. Peace :)

  38. T.... E....

    I just came to hear this to bring up my spirits in hard times missing my mother, and it deeply saddens me to see angry comments on such a wonderful song. I don't care what your political view points are. Just enjoy this beautiful hymn please.

    T.... E....

    AND for those who say in time the grief I feel will go away...I believe
    time just makes it easier to cope

    T.... E....

    thank you dear friend. and we'll put. I LOVE Willie he speaks to us in such a way I think God would. simply. peace be with you my friend 🕊✌

    T.... E....

    Thomas Eldridge cello tune

  39. c.... s....

    Whoa, Willie and Obama!

  40. m.... w....

    love this song..

  41. M.... Y....

    I don't think farther along I will understand why Obama is shown with Willie singing this song, what a sacrilege.

    M.... Y....

    Obama sure was.

    M.... Y....

    Marilyn Yun you have no longer been here hatet

    M.... Y....

    Scripture never advocates tolerance for evil. You are misinterpreting what the Word of God says. The Scripture says those nations who forget God will be turned into Hell - God is neither tolerant or loving towards those who perpetrate sin and do not repent.

    M.... Y....

    The modern Christian has been trained in the modern church to keep up with modern mores. It seems to now not only be acceptable but expected that you embrace all manner of evil in the name of 'compassion.' Jesus told the woman taken up in adultery after having saved her life that he will not judge her and to go and sin no more. Yet these same Christians who embrace all manner of evil will tell you that even telling someone anything may possibly be considered sin is judgmental and hate-filled. I'm not here to judge ol' willy and his actions one way or the other(for to *judge* a man would be to mete out sentence). I'm not here to say a man is lost because of this or that behavior. The scripture speaks for itself.

    The scripture says: Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
    The scripture says: Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
    The scripture says: Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
    The scripture says: Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
    Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

    The scripture says again in 1 Corinthians 6:12 :
    All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: *all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.*


    1 Corinthians 10:31: *Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.*

    Now I'm not saying every man who smokes and fornicates and parties with devils is going to hell but if he's saved, there he is.


    He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.


    In Romans 6 we are told: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
    2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
    3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
    4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
    5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
    6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
    7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.


    If the man's saved, there he is.

    May Christ Jesus bless and keep you folks

  42. E.... G....

    gallina vecchia fa buon brodo

  43. S.... S....

    God bless all in here.

  44. N.... S....

    Nada in la Vita es facil.

  45. G.... g....

    Try as I do I have a hard time understanding why so many Christians are intolerant and judgmental. I want to like them and most of them I do but many make it so hard.  I am an Atheist and I find great comfort in music like this because comfort is what it offers so well. How anyone gets from here to bashing political leaders is beyond my comprehension. I have only one commandment. That is "Be responsible". Everything else is a sub-category.....Your golden rule falls short only because I probably like things done unto me that might not appeal to others and visa versa. So be kind, thoughtful and considerate. Teach tolerance and enjoy the music.....gary.....  

    G.... g....

    @Gary gj No such thing as an atheist.  You don't have all knowledge.  You're an agnostic.  You don't know if there's a God or not.

    G.... g....

    +Gary gj well said my friend.I am not a Christian either and have found the same as what you describe.However,i believe music has great healing powers and can bring all kinds of different people together.I came heer as i like Willie and was curious to hear it as i love the version by Gram Parsons,one of my favourite singers. Peace to all;compassion and understanding are great things... :)

    G.... g....

    +filoIII why challenge his description of himself and his beliefs (or lack thereof)? seems pointlessly argumentative to me.

    G.... g....

    LOVE ONE ANOTHER !?!

    G.... g....

    lm atheist and nobody knows but the odds are there isnt a god well not like you smug bible bashers think

  46. S.... K....

    ВЕЛИК!!!

  47. R.... D....

    Why or why the politics? Call it further behind. Those two politicians all but destroyed the hard working middle class. There is enough all, when will they learn, you don't have to sacrifice one for the other. Opportunity and Jesus is all we need.

  48. C.... W....

    Love those old country hymns.  All the much better with Willie singing!

    C.... W....

    Yep Thats exactly right!

  49. B.... ....

    What a beautiful backing sound.
    Thank you for posting.

  50. a.... ....

    Good performance of great hymn, ruined by poses with the most incompetent President and the most unChristian and most dangerous one-- raised Marxists and Muslim and never fell far from the tree. 

    a.... ....

    +allhallows8 unChristian doesn't bother me;i am too..i just love the beautiful song :)

  51. T.... P....

    Love this song...not jumping on the political bandwagon here.  I let my vote speak for me and I know that God will reward the just and punish the unjust.  Looked this song up because I love the lyrics to it and my heart and soul needed to hear these wonderful words.  Lost my son to leukemia and these promises keep me reminded that farther along it will all make sense and we'll be together again.

    T.... P....

    @Teresa Peiffer Sorry about your loss Teresa . I don't obviously know you , but you just stripped away all the varnish & got strait to the wood . You must have real love in your heart from the true words you wrote . I know you will see your son and make it into the Kingdom if you continue on the path you are on . Your words almost made me tear up because of their clean clear clarity !

    T.... P....

    +Teresa Peiffer oh my friend,i am so sorry for your loss.Blessings and peace to you.

    T.... P....

    Teresa Peiffer God bless you sister. We will all be together again indeed.

    T.... P....

    So sorry for your loss

  52. e.... ....

    Man, yet another heavenly version 😇

    e.... ....

    +emailkenny have you heard the flying burrito brothers? Gram Parsons is sublime :)

  53. m.... k....

    Why so much hate. Don't give in the devil talk for you 'll be accounted for. One day we will understand. Praise Jesus who died and said on the cross 'Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing'.

    m.... k....

    I don't hate anyone. But I do think it was tasteless to post the faker Carter and our Marxist President with a hymn about the Christian journey. And some of us who like Willie would like to forget his more stupid moments. Father grant wisdom and courage in this time of need and remove blinders from eyes..

    m.... k....

    +mariam kenedi with respect,that is your belief and your faith;lease refrain from speaking for others. Peace.

    m.... k....

    mariam kenedi

    m.... k....

    that was actually a daily devotional for today 'father forgive them for they know not what they do'. peace be with you my friends✌

  54. N.... B....

    Beautiful!!  The words to this song are not only beautiful - they are TRUE.

  55. R.... S....

    Such a beautiful old Gospel song! It amazes me to see trolls and haters in the comments. I guess farther along, I'll understand why.

    R.... S....

    Amen to that!

  56. t.... ....

    Love that hymn! What does that have to do with Carter or anything other than life????

  57. L.... W....

    Do my eyes deceive me or at 1:31 is Willie standing with the most anti-American SOB ever born? I couldn't stand to be in the same room with that lowlife bastard,much less have him touch me.

    L.... W....

    Shopped!

    L.... W....

    @Kathryn McMorrow (oh lord my god!)

    L.... W....

    Lewis Wereb bend over and stick out your tongue 🐒

    L.... W....

    Bastard is the correct English word to describe the Kenyan! It's the truth!

    L.... W....

    Obama truly is an enemy of Christianity. Just read his words.

  58. E.... J....

    fine 'nuff, still I reckon ol' hank's version done it best
    fine, great song, with a message that is many times greater still if you'd search for it

  59. M.... J....

    Totally beautiful, and true.  In my many years on this earth I have had occasion to
    understand things I did not understand at the time they happened.  Further along I did understand why.

  60. O.... ....

    I have never heard this song but the lyrics are so compelling and so true.
    We can make it because He has said He will never leave us nor forsake us

  61. R.... B....

    Great rendition of a great song

  62. C.... K....

    Lovely songs & lyrics, for a non-believer.

  63. b.... ....

    Is this from the CD "Farther Along" by Willie?

  64. I.... K....

    Thank you my dear Jack Jenkins!

  65. b.... b....

    This song gets to me everytime I sing it

  66. 2.... ....

    satan will soon be bound for 1000 years then let loose agian for a short time. After this He shall be throwen into the lake of fire and consumed. (ref Rev 19-20) "For my God is a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:29) satan is the father of lies a created being. YHWH is the author of truth and the great "I AM". Long before Lucifer became prideful and fell from His glory YHWH was, and He shall remain long after satan has been destroyed.