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Even the devil was an angel 'fore he tried to rush the throne 
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Lord, they threw him in hell there all alone 
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Now he builds a castle out of the sinner's bones 
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You'd be angry too, if you could never go home 

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Well now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son 
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     I done some bad things but I like to have my fun 
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A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell 
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Well I say,    the good lord helps those that help themselves 

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So help yourselves now 

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Old man Nicodemus could not hear his heart bleed 
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     He saw that Jesus had some tricks up his sleeve 
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He said "Oh man Jesus I can't do things your way 
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But I see you work for somebody big, so I'm backin' your play." 

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     Old man Nicodemus, his pockets they were deep 
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And on the day that they decided to put Jesus to sleep 
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Jesus could not care for money now or any such thing 
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Old Nicodemus paid to have Jesus just buried like a king. 

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Well now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son 
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     I done some bad things but I like to have my fun 
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A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell 
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Well I say,    the good lord helps those that help themselves 

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So help yourselves now 

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Our father art in heaven hallowed be thy name 
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Told Noah build a boat, on the driest of days 
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And everybody in the neighborhood thought old Noah was insane 
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I guess when the waters receded now the truth was plain 

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Well now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son 
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     I done some bad things but I like to have my fun 
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A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell 
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Well I say,    the good lord helps those that help themselves 

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So help yourselves now 

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Moses was a great man, parted the waters of the red sea 
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Down the road to Egypt he made sure the slaves were free 
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Well he could speak to god, so they say, yes indeed 
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Well the noise of his voice woulda made our poor ears bleed 

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Moses he had an army I tell ya all his own 
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     They stood in circles outside his very home 
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And when the Pharaohs got to killin' they left ol' Moses alone 
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But the Romans drove those nails through Jesus' bones 


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Well now, I ain't no preacher no preacher man's son 
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     I done some bad things but I like to have my fun 
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A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell 
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Well I say,    the good lord helps those that help themselves 

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So help yourselves now 


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