Everybody Say Amen Tonight [song]

I haven’t written anything for Christ In Winter for a long time. I realized I was writing out of a sense of obligation rather than joy, and that writing for others was keeping me from doing the soul work of old age that must be done within, silently, rather than externally, in broadcast style.

But I came across this song I wrote some time ago, and I thought you might enjoy it…

It starts with a prayer

And goes on from there

Right away you have something to share

Will anybody say Amen tonight?

This is the day

That the lord has made

Get out of the heat and into the shade

Let’s everybody say Amen tonight

Everybody sing

And everybody shout

We’ll drive that gloomy devil out

Everybody say Amen tonight

The road is narrow

The road is straight

There’s no room on that way for hate

Everybody say Amen tonight

The lord will provide

for us somehow

All we need we’ve got right now

Everybody say Amen tonight

Stay right here

With a prayer and a grin’

You must be present if you want to win

Everybody say Amen tonight

I’m a sinner’

You are, too

God’s still got some work to do

Everybody say Amen tonight

I’m a fright

And you’re a mess

We’ve got some sins we’d better confess

Everybody say Amen tonight

It’s sure fun

to have some gold

But it won’t hug you when you’re old

Everybody say Amen tonight

Praise is good

Praise is fine

But you also better walk God’s line

Everybody say Amen tonight.

When they lay me

Beneath the sod

I’ll still be in the hands of god

Everybody say Amen tonight