WORDS FILL MY HEAD

More Gospels

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Cover Down

Don't Ever Take Yourself Away

Fur Slippers

I Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

Snowflakes falling on the crowded room and the leaves are dying

Dying in the bedroom, crying in the bedroom

I can feel it on the rooftops, I hear two lovers sighing

One's got four eyes, another's wearing a disguise

Oh, baby try whether you're leaving me or not

Even keep going if you're drugged, beaten or shot

Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no way

In the cold blue dress you say 'adios amigos'

I proved it for a while, I could make you smile

I can hear the footsteps of the battered ego

Flaws in your make-up, beginning to break up

Well child don't you understand

Be a part of your children and I can't be your man

Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no way

Smoke arises for ever, on a one-way ticket to burn

A place reserved for the Devil

And for all those that done evil

A place of darkness and shame, you can never return

You can make believe I'm gone but can you hear it babe?

From Nashville to Texas, From Houston to Nashville

I can see two judges sitting in a hospital room

I keep on believing. I knew you were leaving

Shot my pony down and your breaking my heart

Even got to keep going if you're drugged beaten or shot

Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no way

Snowflakes falling on the crowded room and the leaves are dying

Hunted on the river, so cold I could shiver

I can hear two lovers on the rooftops, I can hear them sighing

One's got four eyes, another is wearing a disguise

Oh why are you leaving, you're going for my heart

You're leaving me baby with your legs far apart

Ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no way

[Source: Isis 20 – as performed during the fall tour 1980]

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Cover Down

Well you heard about Pharao's army

Tramping through the mud

Heard about the Hebrew children

Redeemed by blood

Same spirit running in you

That raised Christ from the dead

If you're quick and you know about it

Then let him under your head

Cover down, cover down, break through

We need that protection

Of the full armour of the Lord

The word of God is more powerful

Sharper than any double sided sword

The hammer of salvation

The blade of righteousness

Genesis to revelation

Repent and confess

Cover down, cover down, break through

Wake up early in the morning

Turning from side to side

Something giving you the warning

You can't run and you can't hide

Demands are laid upon you

Burdens you can't bear

Sins you can't even remember

Are always waiting to greet you there

Cover down, cover down, break through

You got an image of yourself

But you have built it all alone

It's got to come tumbling down

Just like the walls of stone

You will be separated

>From everything you seem to be

You think you'll be liberated

But the grave won't set you free

Cover down, cover down, break through

[Source: Some Other Kind Of Songs]

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Don't Ever Take Yourself Away

Dearest let us not drift apart

It wouldn't be wise, it wouldn't civilized

It wouldn't be smart, time heals a broken heart

You've been hurt, you've been left in the dirt

But you still look brand new to me

Don't ever take yourself away

Don't ever take yourself to a place where I can't find you

Don't ever take yourself away

I will never leave you I will never deceive you

I'll be right there waiting behind you

Dearest, you're the answer to my prayers

Words can't express if my heart would confess

What you mean to me

Dearest I believe that you're the best

I don't have to feel you to know that you're real

You're more than a dream to me

Don't ever take yourself away

Don't ever take yourself to a place where I can't find you

Don't ever take yourself away

I will never leave you I will never deceive you

I'll be right there waiting behind you

Dearest you're the __________ __________

You're perfect for me

You're the one I hoped for

Dearest I think we've only just begun

Wherever I be I want you next to me

At the end when my race has been run

Don't ever take yourself away

Don't ever take yourself to a place where I can't find you

Don't ever take yourself away

I will never leave you I will never deceive you

I'll be right there waiting behind you

Dearest I think you're the one

I can't imagine anybody doing more to me than you do

Dearest if it's your heart that I won

There's no need for blame

And no need to be ashamed

Of that place where we stand in the sun

Don't ever take yourself away

Don't ever take yourself to a place where I can't find you

Don't ever take yourself away

I will never leave you I will never deceive you

I'll be right there waiting behind you

[Source: Some Other Kind Of Songs]

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Fur Slippers

Six o'clock in the evening I feel so low

Ain't got no girl, got no place to go

She was here yesterday but she's gone today

Even took my fur slippers away

Oh - ain't got no fur slippers now

Where did she go, where could she be

Maybe to a movie show maybe she's watching TV

She was here yesterday, that's all I can say

All that I know she took my fur slippers away

Oh - ain't got no fur slippers now

Now cannot go outside the ground is too hard

Where can I go, can't even go in my backyard

Can't drive my car nowhere I don't wanna get in, too

I sure miss them fur slippers as much as I miss you

Oh - ain't got no fur slippers now

[Source: Some Other Kind Of Songs]

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I Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody

I can manipulate people as well as anybody

Force 'em and burn 'em

Twist 'em and turn 'em

I can make believe I'm in love with almost anybody

Hold 'em and control 'em

Squeeze 'em and tease 'em

All that satisfies the fleshy needs

I've been down that road

I know what it needs

But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no never

No way!

I can persuade people as well as anybody

I got the vision,

But it caused division

I can twist the truth as well as anybody

I know how to do it

I've been all the way through it

But it don't suit my purpose and it ain't my goal

To gain the whole world

But give up my soul

But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not for father, not for mother, not for sister, not for father

No way!

I can twist the truth around as well as anybody

Wine 'em and dine 'em

Fool 'em and rule 'em

I can rob and steal from people as well as anybody

I know how to do it

But it don't suit my purpose and it ain't my goal

To gain the whole world

But give up my soul

But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not for father, not for mother, not for sister, not for father

No way!

Smoke arises for ever, on a one-way ticket to burn

A place reserved for the Devil

And for all those that done evil

A place of darkness and shame, you can never return

I can influence people as well as anybody

I can cause division,

Can cause division

I can mislead people as well as anybody

Burn 'em and roll 'em

Rob 'em and hold 'em

Won't get my story in tricks or cards

I can see through man's delusions, I can see through his facades

But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no never

No way!

I can write and steal from people as well as anybody

Know all the devices

Paid a lot of prices

I can influence people as well as anybody

Go right up to 'em

I know how to do 'em

Don't need to depend on tricks or on cards

I can see through man's delusions, I can see through his facades

But I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

I ain't gonna go to hell for anybody

Not today, not tonight, not tomorrow, no never

No way!

[Source: The Telegraph # 7 – as performed during the third leg of the Gospel Tour, April 1980]

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Jesus Is The One

Jesus is the one!!

It ain't Mr. Truman

It ain't Mr. Blue

It ain't Mr. President

Mister Me or Mister You

Jesus is the one!!

Well, you're looking over yonder

But what do you see

That does not mean that

They're comin' for you, they're comin' for me

Jesus is the one!!

Well, it ain't Mr. Reagan

That can raise a bed

It ain't Mr. Rockefeller

That can raise the dead

Jesus is the one!!

It ain't Mr. Vallee

It ain't a fortune star

It ain't Mr. Roosevelt

That can heal your broken heart

Jesus is the one!!

[Tape from Drammen, Norway, July 9 & 10 1981]

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Responsibility

Well I walk into your life, and I take a vacant seat

Just to catch you scandalize every one you meet

Where's your re........sponsibility

Well you try to tell me this and you tell me that

You tell me everything, except for where it's at.

Take your re, take your reeeeeesponsibility

Take your re........sponsibility

>From off the coast of Africa to California shore,

You're shooting off your mouth, and you're closing all the doors

To some re, reeeeeesponsibility

Ooh re........sponsibility

My friends would say forget him, but I was so in love

I can't believe the lord has sent you from above

With no re, with no reeeeeesponsibility

Ooh re, ah, re........sponsibility

I Think I'll feel better in the morning when you're gone

In all the time I've known you, you have only done me wrong

With no re, with no reeeeeesponsibility

Ooh re, ah, re........sponsibility

[Source: Some Other Kind Of Songs]

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Stand By Faith

How do we move

Move by faith

How do we move

Move by faith

How do we move

Move by faith

By faith, by faith, oh Lord

How do we see

Move by faith

How do we see

Move by faith

How do we see

Move by faith

By faith, by faith, oh Lord

How do we love

Move by faith

How do we love

Move by faith

How do we love

Move by faith

By faith, by faith, oh Lord

How do we stand

Move by faith

How do we stand

Move by faith

How do we stand

Move by faith

By faith, by faith, oh Lord

How do we walk

Move by faith

How do we walk

Move by faith

How do we walk

Move by faith

By faith, by faith, oh Lord

[Source: Some Other Kind Of Songs]

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Yonder Comes Sin

You want to talk to me

You got many things to say

You want the spirit to be speaking to

But your lust for comfort gets in the way

I can read it in your eyes

What your heart will not reveal

And that old evil burden that's been dragging you down

About to grind you beneath the wheel

Yonder comes sin

Walking like a man, talking like an angel

Yonder comes sin

Proud like a peacock, swift like an eagle

Look at your feet see where they've been to

Look at your hands, see what they've been into

Can you take it on the chin

Yonder comes sin

See this woman standing next to me

She's foreign to you sight

Well, her eyes may be different color than mine

But her blood is red and her bones are white

You've been seeking them eternal spiritual things

But your fifty-dollar smile confirms

That you're still trying to buy your way into the dreams

Of them whose body will be food for worms

Yonder comes sin

Ready and steady, willing and able

Yonder comes sin

Standing on the chair, standing on the table

Look at your feet see where they've been to

Look at your hands, see what they've been into

Let me take it on the chin

Yonder comes sin

I say "See them six white horses honey"

You say "I don't even see one"

You say "Point them out to me, love"

I say "Listen honey, I've got to run"

My brother's blood is crying from the grave

But you cannot hear the voice

I stand in jeopardy every hour

Wondering what reason you have to rejoice

Yonder comes sin

Down on your knees, down into the ditches

Yonder comes sin

Vomiting up jewels, vomiting up riches

Look at your feet see where they've been to

Look at your hands, see what they've been into

Ain't no room tonight at the inn

Yonder comes sin

Jeremiah preached repentance

To those who would turn from hell

But the critics all gave him such bad reviews

Put him down at the bottom of the well

But he kept on talking, and anyway

As the people were put into chains

Weren't nobody there to say "Bon voyage"

Nor shatter any bottles of champagne

Yonder comes sin

Cracking that whip, dressed up in feathers

Yonder comes sin

Put a knife in your back while talking about the weather

Look at your feet see where they've been to

Look at your hands, see what they've been into

Can you take it on the chin

Yonder comes sin

High cost of survival

Gets a little higher than you expect

When you're trying to get along with your enemies

And still maintain your self-respect

As a child you knew all there was to know

It just couldn't get expressed

Now it scares me to see what you accept as good

At one you wouldn't have settled forless than the best

Yonder comes sin

Way down deep and dirty, not a day under thirty

Yonder comes sin

Tasting like peaches, hanging on like leaches

Look at your feet see where they've been to

Look at your hands, see what they've been into

So masculine, so feminine

Yonder comes sin

You turn your back on the hard truth

Just to fatten up your purse

Sings of an unrighteous world

Dare the same thing as a curse

No kingdom made of human hands can stand

Too bad about MacBeth

In order to possess that corruptible crown

Gotta make a deal with Mr Death

Yonder comes sin

Can you comprehend it, can you understand it

Yonder comes sin

It rules the airways, it rules the planet

Look at your feet see where they've been to

Look at your hands, see what they've been into

Take off that sheepish green

Yonder comes sin

There's a place down in your soul

Where the law can never touch

You do most likely what you please

And not think about too much

I'll be down the line when morning comes

And that I pulled the hood up for you

So that you could see real good your uninvited guest

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Yonder comes sin

It's a pleasure to meet ya, nice to have known ya

Yonder comes sin

It wants to kill you, it wants to own you

Look at your feet see where they've been to

Look at your hands, see what they've been into

Being pulled in all directions by the wind

Yonder comes sin

[Source: Some Other Kind Of Songs]

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