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Excuses
2,144
On Tour
Christian & Gospel
Excuses was released on January 1, 1996 by Horizon Records as a part of the album 40th Anniversary Reunion - Perfecting the Crown
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1996
LabelHorizon Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Credits

Lyrics

Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day
Now the devil he'll supply them if from church you stay away
When people come to know the Lord, the devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses
In the summer it's too hot and in the winter it's too cold
In the springtime when the weather's
Just right you find someplace else to go
Well it's up to the mountains or down to
The beach or to visit some old friend
Or just to stay home and kinda relax and hope
Some of the kinfolks will start dropping in
Well the church benches are too hard and that choir sings way too loud
Boy you know how nervous you get when
You're sitting in a great big crowd
The doctor told you now you better
Watch them crowds, they'll set you back
But you go to that old ball game because you say it helps you to relax
Well a headache Sunday morning and a backache Sunday night
But by work time Monday morning you're feeling quite alright
While one of the children has a cold, pneumonia do you suppose
Why the whole family had to stay home
Just to blow that poor kid's nose
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day
Now the devil he'll supply them if from church you stay away
When people come to know the Lord, the devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses
Well the preacher he's too young and maybe he's too old
The sermons they're not hard enough and maybe they're too bold
His voice is much too quiet like, sometimes it gets too loud
He needs to have more dignity or else he's way too proud
Well the sermons they're too long and maybe they're too short
He ought to preach the word with dignity instead of stomp and snort
Well that preacher we've got must be the world's most stuck up man
Well one of the ladies told me the other
Day, "Well he didn't even shake my hand"
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day
Now the devil he'll supply them if from church you stay away
When people come to know the Lord, the devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses
Well the sermons they're too long and maybe they're too short
He ought to preach the word with dignity instead of stomp and snort
Well that preacher we've got must be the world's most stuck up man
Well one of the ladies told me the other
Day, "Well he didn't even shake my hand"
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day
Now the devil he'll supply them if from church you stay away
When people come to know the Lord, the devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses
So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses
Written by: Harold Leake
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