Excuses

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[Chorus]
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Excuses, excuses, you'll hear 
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them every day,
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now the Devil he'll supply them, 
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if the church you stay away.
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When people come to know the Lord, 
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the Devil always loses,
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so, to keep them folks away from 
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church, he offers them excuses.
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[Verse 1]
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In the summer it's too hot and in 
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the winter it's too cold,
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in the springtime when the 
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weather's just right, you find some
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 place else to go.
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Well, it's up to the mountains or 
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down to the beach or to visit 
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some old friend or
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just stay home and kinda relax and
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 hope that some of the kin folks 
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will start dropping in.

[Verse 2]
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Well, a headache Sunday morning 
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and a backache Sunday night,
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but by worktime Monday morning, 
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you're feeling quite alright.
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While one of the children has a 
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cold, "Pneumonia, do you suppose?"
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Why the whole family had to stay 
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home, just to blow that poor kid's 
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nose?

[Chorus]
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Excuses, excuses, you'll hear 
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them every day,
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now the Devil he'll supply them, 
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if the church you stay away.
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When people come to know the Lord, 
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the Devil always loses,
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so, to keep them folks away from 
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church, he offers them excuses.
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[Verse 3]
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Well, the preacher he's too young 
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and, maybe he's too old,
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those sermons they're not hard 
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enough, sometimes they're too bold.
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His voice is much too quiet-like, 
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sometimes he gets too loud,
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he needs to have more dignity or 
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else he's way too proud.

[Verse 4]
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Well, the sermons they're too long
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 and, maybe they're too short,
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he ought to preach the word with 
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dignity instead of "stomp and 
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snort."
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Well, that preacher we've got must 
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be "the world's most stuck up man."
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Well, one of the lady's told me 
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the other day, "Well, he didn't 
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even shake my hand."

[End-Chorus]
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Excuses, excuses, you'll hear 
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them every day,
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now the Devil he'll supply them, 
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if the church you stay away.
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When people come to know the Lord, 
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the Devil always loses,
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so, to keep them folks away from 
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church, he offers them excuses.
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So, to keep them folks away from 
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church, he offers them excuses.
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