| Gonna get me religion, I’m gonna join the baptist church
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| Gonna get me religion, I’m gonna join the baptist church
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| That’s right
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| Gonna be a baptist preacher so that I won’t have to work
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| Well, I’ll be in the pulpit jumpin' up and down, down, down, down, down
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| Yeah, I’ll be in the pulpit jumpin' up and down
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| Okay
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| Well I be hollerin' good news, oh for miles around
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| O-ho
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| One sister jumped up, ooh she began to grin. |
| Yeah she did
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| Well one sister jumped up, ooh she began to grin
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| She said: Good lord have a-mercy, please forgive me for my sins
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| Forgive me now, please please please
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| Ah yes
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| Get me religion, gonna join the baptist church
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| Climb up this mountain, shining down upon my work
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| Get me religion, gonna join the baptist church
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| Now we’re gonna lift it up
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| Yes we’ve got to lift it up
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| Tell me do you feel alright
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| Tell me do you feel alright
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| Then we can scream and shout
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| Yes we can scream and shout
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| Then you can clap your hands
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| Yeah you can clap your hands
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| Well you can clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands
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| Ah you can clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands
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| Ooooh
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| I’m gonna get me religion, ooh I’m gonna join the baptist church
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| That’s right
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| Yeah, I’m gonna get me a religion, I’m gonna join the baptist church
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| Gonna preach all day so I don’t have to work
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| Preach all day so I don’t have to work
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| Gonna preach all day so I don’t hurt
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| Gonna preach all day so I don’t know
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| Gonna preach all day so I don’t have to
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| Work no more
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| Work no more
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| Work no more
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| Work no more
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| I ain’t gonna work
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| I don’t wanna work
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| I ain’t gonna work no more |