Pray For The Lights To Go Out

Ah-ah-ah, preparing for the judgment day
Ah-ah-ah, you'll never get to heaven that way
It'll make you sinners rolling down
Pray for the lights to go out

Now if all you old school kindly go back
And let the young ones crowd in classes
Brother Elton gives you go down
On this old guitar, yeah
Oh, hey

Ah-ah-ah, take it to the chamber if you will

Now, my father was the Deacon in a hard church hills (hard church hills)
Way down south where I was born (uh-huh)
People used to come to him from miles all around (they come long way)
To get the holy word go home (yes, yeah, man)
Well, a sister grabbed the Deacon around the neck and said
"Won't you sing me this song" (what the Deacon told her?)

Well the Deacon told the sister that he didn't have time (affirmative)
Felt religion comin' on (what happened then?)
Just send somebody got up and the lights all out
Shoulda heard that sister shout (what she shout?)
Shouted, "Brother if you want to spread joy pray for the lights to stay out"

She called the Deacon for the kneel and pray
Shoulda seen the sister shout
She pull up both shoes, she pull up both socks
She got low down and he got rocks
Shouted, "Brother if you want to spread joy pray for the lights to stay out"

Ah-ah-ah, as I preachin' this son, as I telll it to him
Ah-ah-ah, bit too much attraction goin' on around here
Ah-ah-ah, now all you good brothers been drinking too much beer
Ah-ah-ah, if you wanna get prepared for the judgment day?
Ah-ah-ah, get out your little book to get what is I'm about to say
Ah-ah-ah

Take two steps forward, two step back
Get low down, Lord pull the Jack's out
And brother (brother) if you wanna spread joy
Pray for the light to go out

Pray for the light to go out