What A Wonderful Book

Peter Link

Key:: Bb Major
Vocal Range:: Low
Pitch Range:: G3 - C5

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Key:: C Major
Vocal Range:: Medium
Pitch Range:: A3 - D5

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Key:: D Major
Vocal Range:: High
Pitch Range:: B3 - E5

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Composer:: Peter Link
Lyricist:: Peter Link
Publisher:: Westrax Music Publishing
Instrumentation:: Keyboard/Vocal
Key:: Bb Major; C Major; D Major
Vocal Range:: High; Low; Medium
Vocal Pitch Range:: A3 - D5; B3 - E5; G3 - C5
MP3 Duration:: 04:36

What a wonderful book, my Bible – my wise old friend. A paean to this precious friend and guide for life. Easy to sing and always appropriate for any service. Learn it and sing it as a failsafe for any church occasion. It’ll always work. A ballad with a touch of Americana.

This solo is part of the Simple Truth solos project - a group of 16 solos Peter Link composed and then recorded with various artists in 2024 and 2025.

Lyrics

What A Wonderful Book

Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

What a wonderful book
My Bible –
My wise old friend –
A living breathing testament of simple truth
Its ancient pages worn and torn from use
Its cover cracked and crumbling
As if I had imposed upon it
Years of abuse
When really it looked after me
Through the wars of heart and mind
Time after time
What a wonderful book
To live by –

What a wonderful book
My Bible
My sword and shield –
A living breathing history of God’s great Love
The unraveling of the mysteries of life –
A cautionary tale
That guides me when I lose my way
And just can’t make it back
And it’s always right there at my finger tips
At the turning of a page
Truth is revealed
What a wonderful book
To live by
It’s my partner in life
A time worn companion
Who’s contents never age

What a wonderful book
My Bible
My turn to friend
Its fifteen hundred pages chart my course through life
A map I’ve learned to follow when I’m lost
And when it gathers dust
Because I go at life alone
And stumble and fall
It’s always there waiting for me
To return and come back home
Time after time
What a wonderful book
My Bible
My wise old friend