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I’m Going If It Takes My Life (6935) Lyrics by Rev. J. M. Gates

The Paramount Project Volume 5 (12400-12499)

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[Intro]
I've decided that I'm going to heaven anyhow. I'm going if it takes my life (Amen).​
[Verse 1]
Going if it takes my life
I'm going if it takes my life
I'm going if it takes my life, oh yes
I'm going if it takes my life
Good Lord, I can't hold out no more
[Interlude]
Oh, I believe I have someone here (Amen) who has stopped in the middle of the road (Yes sir) with their arms folded (Yes sir) (Oh yes) and their head bowed like a bulrush in the valley (Amen), and you could hear him cryin':
[Verse 2]
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me, sing it children
Lord, have mercy on me, everybody
Lord, have mercy on me
Good Lord, I can't hold out no more
[Interlude]
Oh, we know that our God, He sees all we do (Yes sir) (Oh yes), and hears all we say (Amen) (Yes sir), and yet every now and then (Yes sir) (Oh yes), we have to let Him know where we at (Amen):
[Verse 3]
Down on bended knee
I'm down on bended knee
I'm down on bended knee, oh yes
I'm down on bended knee
Good Lord, I can't hold out no more
[Interlude]
Oh, sometime you feel so sad (Yes sir) deep down in your heart (Oh yes) (Amen). I can hear you with your arms folded, crying (Amen):
[Verse 4]
I feel like a motherless child, glory
I feel like a motherless child, oh yes
I feel like a motherless child, oh yes
I feel like a motherless child, sing it children
Good Lord, I can't hold out no more
[Verse 2]
Lord have mercy on me, sing it
Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on me, oh Lord
Lord have mercy on me
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Rev. J. M. Gates

Rev. J. M. Gates

About “I’m Going If It Takes My Life (6935)” by Rev. J. M. Gates

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