Shout, Sister, Shout!

(Shout, sister shout)

(Shout, sister shout)

(Shout, sister shout)

(Tell the whole world what it's all about)

Now listen everybody to the precious words

I'm gonna do some chirping and I ain't no bird

There's a reason for living

A reason for dying

A darn good reason why a woman starts crying

A reason for  mole

A reason for dimple

But there ain't no reason why a man's so simple

(Shout, sister, shout) Yeah

(Shout, sister, shout) I'm telling you

(Shout, sister, shout) Yeah

(Tell the whole world what it's all about)

There's a way to be brilliant

A way to be a fool

A way to get to heaven

Observe the golden rule

A way to get a sweetheart

A way to get a wife

But the day you quit me, brother, that's the way you lose your life

(Shout, sister, shout) Yeah

(Shout, sister, shout) Oh, boy

(Shout, sister, shout) Yeah

(Tell the whole world what it's all about)

There's a reason for a mountain

A reason for a hill

A reason why a doctor gives a patient a pill

A reason to dance

A reason to sing

But there ain't no reason why a band can't swing

(I can understand the birds)

(And I can understand the bees)

(Sister, I can even understand why a rat eats cheese)

I can understand my dog

(And I can understand your cat)

Well, fill my full of rhythm

Can you understand that?

(I gotcha covered, sister)

(Shout, sister, shout) Hallelujah

(Shout, sister, shout) Hallelujah

(Shout, sister, shout) Hallelujah

(Tell the whole world what it's all about)

I'm gonna shout

I'm gonna shout

I'm gonna shout it out and tell the world what it's all about