I Met Her In Church (Remastered) - The Box Tops

I met her in church, I met her in church On a Sunday mornin' She looked at me, with eyes aglow As the choir sang a 'Hallelujah' (Hallelujah) I met her in church, I met her in church (Hallelujah) We fell in love on a Sunday mornin' (Hallelujah) All at once, I heard angels singin' (Hallelujah) Singin' Hallejulah (Hallelujah) Singin' Hallelujah (Hallelujah) Hallelujah I didn't find her, on a Saturday night I found her in the Sunday mornin' light I found love on a back row seat In a little church, just down the street I met her in church (In church) Had a wedding in church (In church) Which chance? (Same church) Come here children The Lord willin' and the creek don't rise (Ooh ooh ooh) We're gonna be happy, for the rest year of our life Singin' Hallejulah (Hallelujah) Hallelujah I met her in church, I met her in church (Hallejulah) I fell in love, I fell in love (Hallejulah) Hallelujah (Hallejulah) I fell in love Oh out there in church, oh I found a new love (Hallejulah) Sing Hallejulah (Hallejulah) I met her in church, I met her in church (Hallejulah) Hallejulah (Hallejulah) I met her in church, I met her in church (Hallejulah) Hallejulah (Hallejulah)

Emerald haunt in overdrive Nightmare descent into Jericho city Camel dust heralds our arrival New Christ beneath the drumkit moon Oh Lord we are threatened again In the slipstream pull of the federal men Plummet in some seamless night Down here to earth it's hopeless then Apache gunman in the boiling crowd Who never got to meet you last time We're interrupted by the telephone You didn't think they were invented then Oh Lord we need miracles We need more wine and gold We need slaves and roads and personal favors We need microphones and manifolds How can you be so invisible Give me the nerves to see Privilege on privilege An unwanted discovery So now we're cruising down this shuddering highway With a dead sun shining on my back And we talk about the way people treat us back there Their hollow laughter, the pain in their eyes Oh Lord I trust your intentions But money strangles our love Struggling like a fool with my junk and my jewels You would have thought I'd had enough How can you be so invisible Give me the nerves to see Privilege on privilege An unwanted discovery

Alright uh, let me tell this story So I met this girl at a party Really cute girl, uh she had You know the clips from Walmart That you put in your hair? The colorful ones? Yeah she had that Uh, gorgeous makeup and pretty clothes She was like a insta-baddie She was like one of those girls Her name was Sarah I was kinda shy But she was a daredevil And she liked to smoke But she didn't like to drink 'Cause she know that Her parents will yell at her Then she said "Hey Layla!" (Yeah what's up?) "You know, I really like hanging out with ya!" (Aww, I really like hanging out with you too!) "I think I really wanna kiss ya" (Wait... really?) "Yeah, but I don't want to scare ya!" (Aw no, it's cool!) Next thing I know Sarah took me to the bathroom And then I met Sarah in the bathroom Now we're up against the wall And she's calling me baby I said, "Are you sure? This is kinda crazy" She says, "I just really wanna go! I don't wanna take it slow" Sarah in the bathroom And with a face like hers I can't say no, I can't say no

Time All those happy times Time Days of summer love Time That I held your hand and the world stood still Ah haa Time Those happy times Time Down by the riverside Time We were making love, listen to the birdies sing Ah haa Now, I'm all alone Happy times are gone Gone just like the season Winter's on the ground And my heart is cold You left me without reason But I remember those Time Those happy times Time Down by the riverside Time We were making love, listen to the birdies sing Ah haa Time All those happy times Time Days of summer love Time That I held your hand and the world stood still Ah haa Time Happy, happy times Time All those happy times Time

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'ma goin' home Oh, my baby just wrote me a letter I don't care how much money I gotta spend Got to get back to my baby again Lonely days are gone, I'ma goin' home Oh, my baby just wrote me a letter Well, she wrote me a letter Said, she couldn't live without me no more Listen mister, can't you see, I got to get back to my baby once more? Anyway, yeah Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'ma goin' home 'Cause my baby just wrote me a letter Well, she wrote me a letter Said, she couldn't live without me no more Listen mister, can't you see, I got to get back to my baby once more? Anyway, yeah Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'ma goin' home 'Cause my baby just wrote me a letter Oh, 'cause my baby just wrote me a letter