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The time was 1955 a meal was 40 cents
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A Cadillac was the car to drive and Ike was president
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Revivals set whole towns ablaze while mom, the dad and kids
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Were Holy Ghost electrified by wild evangelists
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But nothing could compare
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Or none took you quite as high
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As being at the tent and hearing people testify
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(they'd say)
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I want to give honor unto God, bishops, pastors, elders, praise God I'm in my right mind too
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I woke up determined to go 100% with Jesus 'cause 99 1/2 just won't do
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I ask the saints please pray I'll be the one God's callin' for in these last and evil days
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He's been better to me than I've been to myself and I give God all the praise!
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Once all this had ended up to the microphone
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Stepped the man of God himself, strong, alone and prone
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With a furnace in his eyes and no time left to play
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This human locomotive right there began to say
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CHORUS
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I believe in a God that sets the captives free
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I believe in the blood that flows from Calvary
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Does anyone love Jesus, does anyone hate sin?
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Does anyone believe that Christ is coming back again?
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But what God wants me to ask you, what He needs to know most
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Are you saved, sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost?
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
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Oral Roberts, William Branham, Jack Coe and Billy Graham
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Healed body, soul and spirit as they thundered 'cross the land
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While Howdy Doody held the nation captive on TV
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The power of God was on these men to set those captives free.
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But nothing could compare
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Or none took you quite as high
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As being at the tent and hearing people testify
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(and they'd say)
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I want to give honor unto God, mothers, missionaries, saints, and all my friends
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I thank the Lord I've been saved all day livin' free and separated from sin
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I've got life, health, strength, wouldn't take nothin' for my journey pray the Lord keep me strong
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Woke up with my mind stayed on Jesus and I've been praising Him all day long
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Once all this had ended up to the microphone
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Stepped the man of God himself, strong, alone and prone
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With a furnace in his eyes, and no time left to play,
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This human locomotive right there began to say
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CHORUS
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
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If it had not been for Jesus,
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Where would I be?
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me.
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
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Well, if it had not been for Jesus,
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Where would I be?
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
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He saved me, He saved me, He saved me, He saved me
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Well, if it had not been for Jesus,
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Where would I be?
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I'm so glad that the Lord saved me
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