Denver, John - Tenderly Calling Lyrics

I had a friend, a long time ago, with whom I finally found a home I'd long been seeking. Even though she's gone now, I still hear her voice, softly and tenderly calling me home. I wish I could answer...

Emmett Niles We all go home one day.

So Beautiful...………….....RIP John Denver....God Bless You....1/18/20

gloria ertel Thank you.

Such a talent that is so missed in music today. Taken far too young.

Karen Hardie Yes. Thank you.

John did not identify with any organised 6.If anything he saw the Soul and spirit in the planet itself. And if we don't follow his lead soon we will have no where to call home.

Ruth Lewis Thank you.

God Bless You John Denver...…..RIP my friend....12/23/19

VERY LOVELY video ❗️🌈🌈👍🥰❗️❗️Thank you so much ❗️❗️

John Denver has been my mental health resource since I first heard “Take MeHome, Country Roads on the radio in the summer after I was recorded, about 1967 😍🌈❤️❗️S
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Him 6 times in concert, and bought all of his recordings and have met almost all of his great background musicians, and those song writers whose songs John played.

Robert Jackson Thank you.

Sorry, JD didn't identify with any organised religion, he saw the planet as sacred left the rest to rest in the great unknown.

Ruth Lewis Maybe so. God only knows.

So awesome - song and beautiful voice of John Denver...………...Thank you for sharing your music John....RIP

Wow! The angelic voice of John Denver is so beautiful and soooo soothing....God Bless You John...RIP …... 9/21/19

Gloria Ertel Thank you.

he is a national treasure-his music will live forever

2445jones Yes, thank you.

Incredible slides...wow!  Perfect...

Gloria Ertel Thanks!

Amen...….

Precious John Denver...Love..Love..Love

Gloria Ertel Thank you.

Not even one mention of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, in a song about heaven? Sad. John Denver had a great voice, but there isn't any record of the man being born again. He knows better now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUVKUHNY5Mg

The most beautiful video...…...ever

Gloria Ertel Thank you.

Thank you so much for this very lovely and moving video 😍🌈❤️🙏❗️

It's always those who sing who sings sing the loudest Christian hymns

R W Thank you.

Always liked John, but this is just a rip off of the Christian song Softly and Tenderly, but leaving out God and the name of Jesus.

Black Walnuts I’m not sure I’d call it a rip off. It may have been God calling to John.

Wow, wow, wow, Love this.

He never mentions Jesus. I am so disappointed )-|

lookingup100 We can trust God with John.

I so love all of John Denver's music, it broke my heart when he died, John's music will live on forever, this song is so beautiful.

Shirley Jennings Thank you.

Love this!

Mary Easton Thanks!

LOVE THE SONG AND THE PHOTOS....

Connie Washburn Thank you!

For Scott

J'en pleure.....

Angélique Nomade Thank you.

Mon Dieu.... Magnifique composition Merci !

Angélique Nomade You’re welcome!

Another very beautiful song of John Denver. Miss him a lot, RIP JD !!#

If ever there was a male angel, John Denver sings like one.

Pat Wilson Yes, he does.

what a voice or RIP

Denny Olver Yes.

beanscot deene Scott I am Jennie over we seem to both like John Denver's music and the spiritual message there in it is wonderful take care of yourself and may the dear Lord be with you tonight and forever

Thank you.

Wonderful song. So unfortunate that John Denver rejected Christ. I suppose we won't know the whole story until we're called home.

Only God knows.

"Home is within inside of you."  ...  thank you for this beautiful song...
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Such a beautiful song! I have never heard this til now! Thank you so much for sharing!

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just finding this beautiful as is all of his music just timeless.

Ivy A Toppin Thank you for commenting.

Simply beautiful..thank you so much.

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We still miss you today John.

That is true.

I think John was trying to find the truth, apparently he was not a believer of Jesus, I think God took him early because in his songs he saw true feelings of truths and that way he brought him to him in the end as it was his only Salvation on that plane!
And for the record Jesus is God despite of what the masons believe!

So beautiful...This song is such a blessing..such words iof truth..lovely melody

Thank you.

JD is the voice of an Angel

dlanor aktozczs Yes he does.

Jesus is calling..🎶 tenderly calling sinners come home🎶🎶

Thanks!

I always like to post a link to this for the idiots who claim John was a Satan worshipper. He had a deep and abiding love for God, even if he didn't dig orthodox religion. He said his greatest faith was in his Father in Heaven. God Bless you John, you're with Jesus now.

How have I not heard this before?! Beautiful...thank you for sharing this.

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Thanks for sharing this wonderful song . JD 's voice was magic and he was a great human being .I miss him every day.Sorry for my english.

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He NEVER mentions Jesus...... Although we have to guess, he is doing a popular remake of the one that mentions Jesus~

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Beautiful....

Thank you.

I have grown up with John Denver' music, but i have never heard this song. thank you.

Chorus: Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Home, come on home

Sometimes when I'm feeling lonesome
And no one on earth seems to care
I'm all by myself in the darkness
With no one and nothing to share

Just when it feels like it's hopeless
And I'll never make it alone
I hear the voices of angels
Tenderly calling me home

Chorus

I try to keep it together
I never let on that I'm scared
Still sometimes I fall to pieces
Scattered and lost everywhere

Just when it feels like there's no one
To mend all my broken down dreams
I hear a voice deep inside me
Tenderly calling to me

Chorus

So don't be afraid of the darkness
And don't run away from the storm
Stand up and face your reflection
The feelings you try to ignore

After the tempest is over
You've let yourself come on through
You'll hear a voice in the silence
Tenderly calling to you

Chorus

Thank you.

Thank you.
Love this and will always love John. I miss him daily.

+Karen Lucking You're welcome and thank you for your comment.

Whoever picked the pictures for this video did a marvelous job!

+Paul McGlothin Thank you!

"So don't be afraid of the darkness, And don't run away from the storm, stand up and face your reflection, the feeling you try to ignore..." These words really speak to me. John denver's music really is an inspiration and I believe his spirit lives on through his songs. 💖 💖

+rubythesheep2 Thank you for your comment.

You are so right! John was an inspiration to so many of us all throughout his life. I have all of his music and listen to him often. Yes, he is so missed by so many of us but I know where he is and hope to one day meet him there along with my husband who loved John's music too.

Absolutely beautiful as all of John's music is. I have played it over and over as it makes me feel so good. Thanks for putting it where we all can share it.

+Jeannie H You're welcome!

amen.....still listening every day 7/6/19

He and his song - a great gift to the world.

@Leland Somers Yes, he was. Thank you for commenting.

first i heard this song..much like it

Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Home, come on home

Sometimes when Im feeling lonesome
And no one on earth seems to care
Im all by myself in the darkness
With no one and nothing to share

Just when it feels like its hopeless
And Ill never make it alone
I hear the voices of angels
Tenderly calling me home

Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Home, come on home

I try to keep it together
I never let on that Im scared
Still sometimes I fall to pieces
Scattered and lost everywhere

Just when it feels like theres no one
To mend all my broken down dreams
I hear a voice deep inside me
Tenderly calling to me

Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Home, come on home

So dont be afraid of the darkness
And dont run away from the storm
Stand up and face your reflection
The feelings you try to ignore

After the tempest is over
Youve let yourself come on through
Youll hear a voice in the silence
Tenderly calling to you

Home, come on home
Ye who are weary come home
Softly and tenderly calling
Home, come on home

Roses Blessed thats beautiful love it 😃 never heard it before 😚 God bles u💖 👧

love it !!!!!!!!!!!

@faye staub Thanks!

Thank you for blessing us with this. Just think, your gift has been viewed by 158,000+ people so far. Our Father God is so good!

@Alan C Yes, He is good, indeed!

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I grew up in churches that sang this song, and although everyone have their own belief about Christianity, I'm so glad he recorded this gospel song. I really believe John is a very spiritual man.

@Dianna P. Wood This was the theme song to the movie "A Trip To Bountiful" in which lead actress Geraldine Page won an Academy Award for Best Actress!!! The song in the movie is sung by a woman!!! Denver heard the song and recorded it. Another song the Denver heard, liked and recorded was "City Of New Orleans" which Arlo Guthrie heard and recorded. Denver song sold nothing - Guthries sold 5 million copies - and they are almost exactly the same!!!!!!!!! Go figure!!!!!!!!

@Jeff Schwartz Actually John rewrote the hymn, "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling" with this song. The lyrics are different but both are lovely.

There is only one true Christianity though. Everyone has their belief but there is only one truth only one reality which can be found in the Bible itself. If your Christianity doesn't match up then it isn't the true one.

Thank you for commenting. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

Yep! No one comes to the Father but by Him. It's the only way and it isn't mean to say so it's mean to not say so and let someone just keep going the wrong way down to a deadly end.

I never knew.  I believe as John did...I do not believe in religions...I believe in Jesus and know there is a God....a higher power

@Vicki Larson  Jesus is who we celebrate this weekend.

@Vicki Larson I think that is called being spiritual but not religious. Well, if you look at it completely honest - Jesus was spiritual - but not religious!!!!!!! You're in good company!!!!!!!!

Jesus is God. And He died for all our sins. Jn 3:16

most beautiful video and song and scenes ....love the front porch scene especially ...thank you for making and posting this

never heard this one. love it!!!!! lot of meaning.  very powerful words!!

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@Cindy Rodick This was the theme song to the movie "A Trip To Bountiful" in which lead actress Geraldine Page won an Academy Award for Best Actress!!! The song in the movie is sung by a woman!!! Denver heard the song and recorded it. Another song the Denver heard, liked and recorded was "City Of New Orleans" which Arlo Guthrie heard and recorded. Denver song sold nothing - Guthries sold 5 million copies - and they are almost exactly the same!!!!!!!!! Go figure!!!!!!!!

I have in the past wonder if John could ever do any gospel songs/albums... I can only wish there were more.
One thing though is we need to find ways to witness to those who don't think the church is the answer when all we can do is sing a song that nudges them to find that answer in Christ.

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John Denver was not a religious man - he said this MANY times!!!  He said he did believe in God - as well as Jesus - just not any specific version of any specific church - he said he was spiritual - not religious!!!!! He also said his music was NOT Country/Western - it was simply Western!!!!
He was one of the lucky ones - he was born with a "pitch perfect" voice - he couldn't hit a sour note if he tried!!  (You cannot develop a pitch perfect voice - you are either born with one or you will never have one!!!  And if you are born with one - you can only put a shine on it!!!  A "pitch perfect" voice is when your mouth, teeth, throat, lungs, tongue and voice box are all perfectly aligned - and they make a dentist VERY nervous - one small mistake and it is gone forever!!!!!!!!!;-)
John Denver once turned an RCA studio piano using only his voice!!!!  Later that day - it was tuned by the RCA normal professional piano tuner - with an oscilicope and an expensive set of tuning forks - and every note on the piano was perfectly tuned!!!  "Pitch perfect" voices are extremely rare - about 1 person in every 250,000,000 people world wide have a "pitch perfect" voice - and not all people that have "pitch perfect" voices are singers!!!  "Pitch perfect" voices draw the human ear to the voice - we humans simply love to hear a pitch perfect voice talk or sing (we ALWAYS listen - as we are drawn to the voice) - Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Beverly Sills also had pitch perfect voices!!!!  But be very careful - Adolph Hitler had a pitch perfect voice  - and so does Justin Beiber - so he's gonna be around for a while!!!!!

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As I said as the beginning comment to the huge response to the posting of "Tenderly Calling", this song appeals to many people of differing beliefs. I'm also glad that this song provides comfort to many folks, but the fact that the writer, Jan Garrett, takes a Christian song and takes out Jesus, means that this song is not particularly a Christian song. The voice inside us may be God, but it also may be the spark of the moral and spiritual self that we have developed within us. I am an agnostic, but I want this song to be sung at my funeral, whereas I would not be comfortable with "Softly and Tenderly, Jesus Is Calling."

I'm a particular Christian, so Jesus will be calling me home.  I'm also glad it's a comfort for you as an agnostic. 

@beanscot Thanks. I wish you the best. 

It is also the theme song to the movie "A Trip To Bountiful"!!!!!

@Earthlinked The theme song was actually "Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling" a hymn by Will L. Thompson, published in 1880.  The two songs are much alike.  Thank you for commenting.

I just had this song played at my husband's funeral on Dec. 31, 2013. Perfect. My husband was a retired Baptist minister. Not a dry eye in the church.

It was a lovely song choice.  I am sorry for your loss.

If only i had known this wonderful song when my father suddenly passed away Dec,20,2012....This song gives both hope and reassurance to those who have lost a loved one that's gone on before them.

Yes, they are both from a lovely old hymn, "Softly and Tenderly."

Thank you.

This is very similar to a song called Softly, Tenderly Jesus is Calling. That song can be heard at the beginning of the movie called Trip to Bountiful. Both beautiful songs with a timeless message....

Thanks for the info. It's a good song!

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This is one of my favorite songs by my favorite singer/songwriter. I miss his music. Have all his records - listened to this song 6 times yesterday on the way home from Tai Chi. Thank you for posting it.

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With so many different storm clouds gathering on the horizon, humanity desperately needs to experience divine inspiration such as this. Thank you for placing your vision here, in this public forum... it is a blessing to all who find it.
So very beautiful...

I hope so too. I am sorry for your loss.

My family and I played this at our mother's funeral. She loved this song. She loved John Denver and I hope he is up there with her singing this to her every Sunday.

Love you and miss you JD!

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Thank you for commenting.

if he still alive he will be miracle

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I think this one of the most beautiful songs John ever sang! I wish he had recorded more gospel music.I have it already that this and songs of John played at my wake! I think GOD gave John close to an angels voice.Rest in PEACE you are missed So Much!

Some Baptist churches here in Australia did a similar thing.
They were very much wrong.
Yes they usually are. Had a Baptist guy recently ask me if I believed that John was a satanist!! So there is still some sort of false belief system there.

A extraordinarily profound thought.

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f arzilli...I have to agree with you. I have listened to his music since 1971, to many of the same songs / cd's over and over. But there are days when the spirituality woven into his songs jumps out a bit more strongly than in the past when I heard the same song...just an amazing artist and amazing songs!

Thanks for posting such a beautiful video beanscot!

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Sometimes it seems to me that songs are just there in the air, created directly by God and in the wait for someone capable of deciphering it. This is in my opinion the case of all John Denver's enlightened music: a gift of God to His sons through the voice of one of His Angels.

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Yea very beautiful!

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Beautiful video! Thank you!

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ssoftly tenderly jesus +is calling

It's a good one.

I found it on the photobucket site. Thanks for asking.

Where did you find the picture that is at 2:10?

I SO hope so; I can't imagine eternity without him, or anyone with his love for creation and the creatures not totally in love with the Creator.

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class song

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