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I was going down the road just the other day
And somebody asked me, „How are you today?”
I said, „I’m going up the mountain, therefore to pray.”
A good friend said, „Man, I’ll play you some cards.”
I said, „Boy, you make it sound mighty hard
But I’m going up the mountain, therefore to pray.”
Another brother says, „I’ll shoot you some dice.”
I said „Boy, you sure do make it sound nice
But I’m heading up this mountain here, therefore to pray.”
Then said a man, „Hey, let’s take a shot of booze.”
I said to the man, „I ain’t got no time to lose
I’m going up this mountain’s shoulder, therefore to pray.”
Then come along a millionaire with money in his hand
He tried to hire me to lie to all my land
I told him, „I’m heading up this mountain right now, therefore to pray.”
And up jumped a man with another crooked deal
I said, „Good friend, I’d rather kneel
Down along my mountaintop somewhere, therefore to pray.”
I met a woman with jewelry on her finger
I said to her friend, „I ain’t got no time to linger
I’m halfway up my mountainside, therefore to pray.”
I next met a woman with dye combed in her hair
I learned all there was to know about women from her
So I’m up here on my mountain kneeling, therefore to pray
And next come a man with a fortune for me
I’d rather be a poor man with a conscience free
So I’m walking up my mountain right now, therefore to pray
I was going down the road just the other day
Somebody asked me, „How are you today?”
I said, „I’m going up the mountain, therefore to pray.”
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