크레딧
실연 아티스트
Aretha Franklin
보컬
Bob James
오르간
Rev. Alexander Hamilton
합창단
Chuck Rainey
베이스 기타
Rev. James Cleveland
피아노
Bernard Purdie
드럼
Cornell Dupree
기타
David Spinozza
기타
Pancho Morales
타악기
Donny Hathaway
건반
Ernie Royal
호른
Joe Farrell
호른
K. Bichel
신시사이저
Ralph MacDonald
타악기
Richard Tee
피아노
Rick Marotta
드럼
Eumir Deodato
전자 피아노
Hugh C McCracken
기타
작곡 및 작사
Joseph Scriven
작사가 겸 작곡가
C.C. Converse
작사가 겸 작곡가
Aretha Franklin
편곡자
Arif Mardin
편곡자
프로덕션 및 엔지니어링
Aretha Franklin
프로듀서
Gene Paul
어시스턴트 엔지니어
George Piros
어시스턴트 엔지니어
Jimmy Douglas
어시스턴트 엔지니어
Ray Thompson
녹음 엔지니어
WALLY HEIDER
녹음 엔지니어
Arif Mardin
프로듀서
Jerry Wexler
프로듀서
Tom Dowd
프로듀서
가사
[Verse 1]
What a friend we have in Jesus
(What a friend we have, ooh, in Jesus)
All, all our sins and griefs to bear
(Ooh, ooh)
What, what a privilege it is to carry
(What a privilege it is, ooh, to carry)
Every-everything to God in prayer, yeah
(Everything, everything, everything, everything to God in prayer)
[Verse 2]
And sing it one more time
What, what a friend we, we have in Jesus
(What a friend we have, ooh, in Jesus)
All, all our sins and our griefs to bear
(Ooh, ooh)
Oh, what a privilege it is to just carry
(What a privilege it is, ooh, to carry)
Every-everything to God in prayer, oh, Lord
(Everything, everything, everything, everything to God in prayer)
[Verse 3]
Oh, oh, what peace we often for-forfeit
Oh, what needless pain we bear, yes, we do
(Oh, what a needless pain we bear, ooh, ooh)
And it's all, all because, all because we just don't care
(All because)
You know sometimes we don't carry it
(Carry)
Oh, everything to God in prayer, oh, yeah
(Everything, everything, everything, everything to God in prayer)
[Verse 4]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, what peace we often forfeit
Oh, what needless pain we bear, do you know
(Oh, what a needless pain we bear, ooh, ooh)
That it's all, all, all 'cause we just don't care
(All because, ooh, ooh)
No, we don't, my brother and sisters
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
Everything, everything, oh, everything, yeah, everything to Jesus
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
Everything, everything to Jesus
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
Everything, Lord, everything to Jesus
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
Oh, oh, everything, everything to Jesus
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
Oh, everything, everything to Jesus
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, everything to the Lord in prayer)
Everything to the Lord in prayer, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 5]
Mmm, mmm, mmm
(Oh, what needless pain we bear, ooh, ooh)
Mmm, what needless pain we bear, Lord, yes, we do
Yes, we do, Lord
(All because)
Oh, don't you know that it's all beacause
Sometimes we don't carry, no (Don't carry)
We don't carry, everything
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
We don't carry everything to Jesus
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
The things that we keep locked inside
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
We won't him the Lord in prayer
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
But hear me, Jesus, you, Jesus
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
Whoa, don't you know we need you, Jesus?
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(Everything, everything, everything, oh)
(To the Lord in prayer)
To God in prayer, Lord
In prayer, yeah, yeah
Written by: Charles Crozat Converse, Joseph Scriven