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