Denomination Blues

    I want to tell you the natural fact
    Every man don't understand the Bible alike
    But that's all now, I tell you that's all
    But you better have Jesus, I tell you that's all

    Well, denominations has no right to fight
    They oughta just treat each other right
    And that's all, I tell you that's all
    But you better have Jesus, I tell you that's all

    The primitve Baptists, they believe
    You can't get to Heaven unless'n you wash your feet

    The only primitive that has any part
    Is the one that's at the washing with the pain at heart

    Now the missionary Baptists they believe
    Go under the water and not to wash his feet

    Now the [AME] Methodists they believe
    Sprinkle the head and not to wash the feet (2x)

    Now the African Methodists they believes the same
    'Cause they know their denomination ain't a thing but a name

    Now the Holiness people when they came in
    They said, "Boys, we can make it by livin' above sin."

    Now the Church of God has it in their mind
    That they can get to Heaven without the sacrament wine

    You're fighting each other and think you're doin' well
    And the sinner's on the outside goin' to Hell

    Now, the preachers is preachin' and thinks they're doin' well
    And all they want is your money and you can go to Hell

    There's another class of preachers is high in speech
    They had to go to college to learn how to preach

    But you can go to the college and you can go to the school
    But if you ain't got Jesus, you an educated fool

    That kind of a man he's hard to convince
    A man can't preach, sir, unless'n he's sinned

    When people jump from church to church
    You know the conversion don't amount to much, and

    When Jesus came in at Dividing Day
    Gonna call the sheeps to Him and turn the goats away, 
        and that'll be

    It's right to stand together and it's wrong to stand apart
    'Cause none's gonna enter but the pure in heart