Once there was
an old time preacher
Who had a church
on the outskirts of town
You'd never call him
a mild mannered teacher
He was a shouter
right down to the ground
He had a red letter
King James bible
It opened up to John 3: 1 6
I first heard him
at a summer revival
He rolled up his sleeves
And he started to sing
He said you must
confess your sins
He said you must
be born again
He preached Jesus
crucified
and risen from the dead
He said you
gotta make it right
He said you need
to come tonight
The spirit grew stronger
with every single passage
he read
I got saved when
I heard what he said
He said
Well I'm a member
of that little church now
But the preacher died
a long time ago
He was a-preachin'
on the street
when God called him
Now he's a-shoutin' up
in heaven I know
We're still movin'
in the right direction
And we're followin'
the way that he led
We've got that old time
preacher's conviction
And I still remember
just what he said
What he said
Oh oh he said
you must confess your sins
He said you must
be born again
He preached Jesus
crucified
and risen from the dead
He said you gotta
make it right
He said you need
to come tonight
The spirit grew stronger
with every single
passage he read
I got saved when I heard
what that old time
hell fire brimstone
preacher said
I got saved
when I heard
what he said
He said
You better listen to what
the preacher said