Well, let's see what's what.
ZEN GOSPEL SINGING (DT Lyrics)
(Mark Graham)
I once was a Baptist and on each Sunday morn
I'd be in church praying just as sure as you're born.
We'd sing there like angels in sweet harmony
But sin and salvation are no longer for me.
Cause now I'm a Buddhist I chant my mantra each day
But I miss that good singing in the old Gospel way.
We sing of old Buddha and the wonders of Zen.
We'll meet in Nirvana, yes we'll be there then.
Now my old friends don't like me since I shaved my head
and they all talk about me as if I were dead.
My good old Zen buddies they think I'm ok,
But I can't get them singing more than one note a day.
We sit here cross legged eating brown rice and cheese
and we chant out our mantra in four square harmony.
We don't sing of salvation or a heavenly home.
It's Zen gospel singing, just Om Om, sweet Om.ZEN GOSPEL SINGING (corrections in bold)
(Mark Graham & Orville Johnson)
I once was a Baptist and on each Sunday morn
I'd be in church prayingjustas sure as you're born.
We'd sing there like angels in that good harmony
But sin and salvation are no longer for me.
Cause now I'm a Buddhist I chant my mantra each day
But I miss that hymn singing in that good Gospel way.
So we'll sing to old Buddha and the wonders of Zen.
We'll meet in Nirvana, yes we'll be there then.
NowMy old friends don't like me since I shaved my head
and they all talk about me as if I were dead.
My good old Zen buddies they think I'm ok,
But I can't get them singing more than one note a day.
And as we sit there cross legged eating brown rice and tea
andwe chant out our mantras in four square harmony.
We don't sing of salvation or a heavenly home.
It's Zen gospel singing, just Om Om, sweet Om.
Copyright Mark Graham
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Corrections made from the recording by The Kings of Mongrel Folk (Mark Graham and Orville Johnson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3dm0sVdaoI