SATISFIED
(By Martha Carson, 1951)

I've got that old-time religion
Got that oldtime religion
Satisfied, I'm satisfied.

You ask me if I'm happy, if I have peace within
If I'm worried about tomorrow when I reach my journey's end
Well, I'm satisfied with my Jesus, when He knocks, I'll let Him in
He'll go with me through the valley, for I know He is my friend.

Satisfied, satisfied
No troubles can ever get me down
For when my eyes are closed in death
With my Jesus I'll be at rest
Then you'll know I'm satisfied.

I've got that old-time religion
Got that old-time religion
Satisfied, I'm satisfied.

Now my friends, they all forsake me, and they turn me from their door
If they sow no seeds of kindness, make the thorns in my path grow
Oh, it won't matter over yonder when I've reached the other side
For I'm gonna sit down my Jesus, satisfied, satisfied.

Satisfied, satisfied
No troubles can ever get me down
For when my eyes are closed in death
With my Jesus I'll be at rest
Then you'll know I'm satisfied.

I've got that old-time religion
Got that oldtime religion
Satisfied, I'm satisfied.

Source: Dorothy Horstman, Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy, 3rd ed. (Country Music Foundation Press, 1966, p. 61; text only). Also in Gospel & Inspirational Showstoppers (CCP/Belwin, 1992, pp. 124-125), with piano accompaniment, but without the "old-time religion" chorus. Recording by The Crusaders Quartet can be heard HERE.

~Masato