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Thread #2839   Message #12968
Posted By: Jon W.
23-Sep-97 - 12:36 PM
Thread Name: straight & sober song circle
Subject: Lyr Add: GOD DON'T LIKE IT (Blind Willie McTell)
Here's the lyrics of "God Don't Like It." This song is sung by an unidentified female vocalist accompanied by Blind Willie McTell on slide guitar and vocal harmony in the chorus. It is found on the Yazoo recording "Blind Willie McTell, 1929 - 1935(?)"

Some say they done took whiskey out, but you can have a little wine
Most everybody gets all a-drunk by drinking this old moonshine

Chorus (repeated after each verse):
Now God don't like it and I don't either (3x)
It's scandalous and a shame.

Some of our members gets all a-drunk just to speak their sober mind
And when they raise the devil, lawd, they put all the blame on shine

Some of our preachers just as bad as the members about this old moonshine
They try to make love with every woman they meet, testifying and drinking shine

Now some of our children are naked, and their mothers never go
But the father makes that money finally roll for the women where the shine is sold

Now they say this yellow corn makes the best kind of shine
They better turn that corn to grits and stop that making shine

I know you don't like this song, just because I speak my mind
But I'll sing this song just as much as I please because I don't drink shine