he said sister won’t you tell me
why am I alone
i got no little children
no woman warm at home
she said brother look around
how do you spect
to f ind no wife
when you’re holdin
down a barstool
nearly seven nights
each of us has angels
f lyin all around
bright shiny ones from heaven
and dark ones from the ground
and if you’re bein christian
or if you’re bein mean
it’s the bad and better angels
that carry you between
she said i have often wondered
why the rain must fall
on the saint and on the sinnah
good lord gonna soak us all
i said sister look around
how do you plan on stayin dry
when you’re diggin
in your neighbor’s
instead of your own eye
CHORUS
now hasten little children
and listen what i say
let’s all save the judgin
for the judgin day
lest you look around
on the decidin of your fate
to f ind that you are standin
on the wrong side
of that gate
