Kingsmen
Through The Years With The Kingmen
Excuses
"Excuses"
By the Kingsmen Quartet
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.
And the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away.
When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
In the summer it's too hot. And, in the winter, it's too cold.
In the spring time when the weather's just right, you find some place else to go.
Well, it's up to the mountains or down to the beach or to visit some old friend.
Or, to just stay home and kinda relax and hope that some of the kin folks will start dropping in.
Well, the church benches are too hard. And, that choir sings way too loud.
Boy, you know how nervous you get when you're sitting in a great big crowd.
The doctor told you, "Now, you better watch them crowds. They'll set you back."
But, you go to that old ball game because you say "it helps you to relax."
Well, a headache Sunday morning and a backache Sunday night.
But by worktime Monday morning, you're feeling quite alright.
While one of the children has a cold, "Pneumonia, do you suppose?"
Why the whole family had to stay home, just to blow that poor kid's nose.
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.
And the Devil he'll supply them if the church you stay away.
When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
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Well, the preacher he's too young. And, maybe he's too old.
The sermons they're not hard enough. And, maybe they're too bold.
His voice is much too quiet-like. Sometimes he gets too loud.
He needs to have more dignity. Or, else he's way too proud.
Well, the sermons they're too long. And, maybe they're too short.
He ought to preach the word with dignity instead of "stomp and snort."
Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man."
Well, one of the lady's told me the other day, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand."
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.
And the Devil he'll supply them if the church you stay away.
When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
Encore:
Well, the sermons they're too long. And, maybe they're too short.
He ought to preach the word with dignity instead of "stomp and snort."
Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man."
Well, one of the lady's told me the other day, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand."
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.
And the Devil he'll supply them if the church you stay away.
When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses
Chorus:
Excuses, more excuses, we hear them oh so much
as people try to justify why they are not in church.
If they love God, it's rather odd that they should get so nervous
as they explain, when asked again, why they missed Sunday service.
Now on Sunday morning the battery is weak and the old car just won't run
But pleasure riding on Sunday afternoon is oh, so much fun
Then you get back that afternoon too tired to go to church
But you push the old car off, buddy, in time to get to work
Some will say they overslept and the clock did not alarm
Some will explain Arthritis pain that crippled both of their arms
Some will cough, hem and haw, trying to think of a reason
But for them the real truth is: it's not church-going season
Chorus
You know a woman came to church just once and brought her baby with her
But boy when she left church that Sunday, she was really in a dither
The Pastor went to her house, her reason just to hear
She said, "I put my baby in your nursery and another one bit its ear."
Another lady came to church just once and boy, she never did return
The pastor made a call on her, her reason he might learn
Why she gave the preacher her excuse with a cold and frosty breath
"With the air conditioning in your church, I nearly froze to death."
Chorus
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"wonderful". see ~old time gospel quartet and legacy five's live recording.
song lyrics? you havnt exactly said what song lyrics to what?
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There is no flute in the song, but maybe you are talking about "I Will" by the Beatles.
"wonderful". see ~old time gospel quartet and legacy five's live recording.
The last song the string quartet plays is called "Nearer, My God, to Thee".
song lyrics? you havnt exactly said what song lyrics to what?
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There are many websites that offer lyrics to songs including the song What If by Jason Derulo. The lyrics to this song are available on Metro Lyrics, AZ Lyrics and Song Lyrics.
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Lyrics are the words to a song.
The song is" That soldier was me "by the Primitive Quartet
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