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Thread #49870   Message #758336
Posted By: Genie
01-Aug-02 - 04:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Need middle verse for original song
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Need middle verse for original song
Well, Bobert, here your three verses (with minor editing as above) in sequence, with line breaks.
 

 Well, I walked down to the preacher's house,
  Knockin' on the man's front door,
  Said, "Preacher, can ya tell me
  What did Jesus die for?"
  He said "It was for your salvation
  Up there on Calvary Hill."
  I said, "Thank you there, good Reverend."
  He said, "Son, it was God's will.
  It was just God's will."

Yeah,Willie James, down Texas way,
Lookin on his judgment day.
Prayin' in is 8-foot cell,
His death just hours away...
Some pro-life white haired politican
Up there on the hill
Says he'd be glad to pull that switch.
Says, "Son, it's just God's will,"
It's just God's will."

To you in your sheep's clothing,
Your debts will all be paid
When you try your lines on St. Peter,
Standin' at the Pearly Gates.
Mathew said, "Nothin's hidden
That one day won't be found."
Yeah, no secret kept behind closed doors
Won't one day be known around.
You'll be known by your deeds in time,
Lives you've taken so very still,
And you'll find your empty words won't change
Your final judgment; that's God's will.
That's God's will.
 

Y'know, Bobert, I kinda like it this way, with the link between the three verses left to the imagination of the listener, rather than spelled out.
Whadda you think?

Genie