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[Chorus]
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Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day,
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now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away.
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When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses,
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so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
[Verse 1]
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In the summer it's too hot and in the winter it's too cold,
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in the springtime when the weather's just right, you find some place else to go.
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Well, it's up to the mountains or down to the beach or to visit some old friend or
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just stay home and kinda relax and hope that some of the kin folks will start dropping in.
[Verse 2]
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Well, a headache Sunday morning and a backache Sunday night,
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but by worktime Monday morning, you're feeling quite alright.
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While one of the children has a cold, "Pneumonia, do you suppose?"
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Why the whole family had to stay home, just to blow that poor kid's nose?
[Chorus]
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Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day,
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now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away.
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When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses,
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so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
[Verse 3]
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Well, the preacher he's too young and, maybe he's too old,
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those sermons they're not hard enough, sometimes they're too bold.
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His voice is much too quiet-like, sometimes he gets too loud,
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he needs to have more dignity or else he's way too proud.
[Verse 4]
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Well, the sermons they're too long and, maybe they're too short,
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he ought to preach the word with dignity instead of "stomp and snort."
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Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man."
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Well, one of the lady's told me the other day, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand."
[End-Chorus]
C C C G
Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day,
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now the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away.
C C C7 F
When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses,
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so, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
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So, to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.
