Oh, When I Come To the End of My Journey - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Reconcile to the belief Consumed in sacred ground for me There wasn't always a place to go But there was always an urgent need to belong All these bands and all these people All these friends and we were equals but What you gonna do When everybody goes on without you? To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end To the end, end To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end Started in '87 ended in '89 You got a garage or an amp, we'll play anytime It was just the four of us, yeah man the core of us Too much attention unavoidably destroyed us Four kids on tour 3000 miles in a four door car not knowing what was going on We got a million years It'd turn out like this Hell no, no premonition could've seen this To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end To the end, end To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end Matty came from far away From New Orleans into the East Bay He said, "This is a mecca" I said, "This ain't no mecca man, this place is fucked" Three months go by He had no home, he had no food, he's all alone Matty said, "Fool me once, shame on you" Said, "Fool me twice", he went back to New Orleans To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end To the end, end To the end, to the end, I'll journey to the end

I didn't come this far to only come this far I hear some people saying things like "When I make it..." "When I get to the top..." "I'll keep working hard until I get to the top" "Until I reach my goal" Let me tell you something There is no end! Winners never stop If you reach your goal Set a bigger goal If you get to the top of the mountain Find a bigger mountain! It's the journey The continued pursuit of growth The constant seeking of improvement The challenge That's what makes life great That's what makes a fulfilled life I didn't come this far to only come this far! When I get this goal, I'll seek more Not more things, more growth Constantly pushing myself to be better I didn't come this far to only come this far! I came this far so I could be strong enough to go further! So I would be good enough to push myself harder! I'm only getting started This is just the beginning I am proud of my achievements But that doesn't mean I'll settle for them Proud but never satisfied Proud but forever hungry Proud and always ready Proud but pushing Pushing for more Pushing for great A true winner doesn't seek only the title A true winner seeks growth A true winner seeks greatness It's the journey It's the challenge Don't tell me it's over I'ma just getting warmed up! If the journey wasn't challenging The destination wouldn't be rewarding It's the challenge that makes the greatness You can't have a champion athlete Without great competitors pushing them all the way You can't have the greatest of all time Without champions pushing them all the way It's the journey, the process that makes the greatness If you reach your goal Set a bigger goal If you get to the top of the mountain Find a bigger mountain!

Now won't you hear me singin Hear the words that I'm saying Wash my soul with water from on high Why the world loves love is around me Even forced to buy me But oh, if you leave me, I will die You hold me in the bosom Till the storms of life is over Rock me in the cradle of our love Only feed me till I want no more Then you take me to your blessed home above Make me journey You make my burning brighter Help me to do good wherever I can Oh, let thou praise and thrill me Thou loving kindess fill me Then you hold me Hold me in the hollow of the hand You hold me in the bosom Till storms of life is over Rock me in the cradle of our love Only feed Then you'll take me to your blessed home above

I'm gonna tell you the natural facts That the man don't understand the good book right and that's all That's all You know what? We got to have more love More understanding everyday of our lives And that's all Yeah When you see folks jump from this or that They don't know they don't know where the devil's at That's all That's all They got to have more love, more understanding Everyday of their lives I tell ya that's all Listen, people fighting one another And think they're doing swell And all they want is your money And you can go to heeeeyyyyy That's all That's all Ya'll got to have religion, yeah, I tell ya that's all Now he can go to the college Go to the schools Haven't got religion he is an educated fool That's all Yeah,

This train is a clean train, this train This train is a clean train, this train This train is a clean train, everybody ride it in Jesus' name This train is a clean train, this train This train is bound for glory, this train This train, brothers train, is bound for glory, you know, this train This train is bound for glory, everybody ridin' her got to be holy Because this train is a clean train, this train But this train don't pull no liars, this train You got to get off This train don't pull no liars, this train You know this train don't pull no liars No false pretenders, and no back-biter Because this train is a clean train, this train You know this train don't pull no wankers, this train, uh-uh I said this train don't pull no wankers, this train No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no, this train don't pull no wankers No crack shooter and no whiskey drinkers (I hear ya) Is a clean train, this train You know this train don't pull no jokers, this train This train don't pull no jokers, this train This train don't pull no jokers No tobacco chewers and no cigar smokers Because this train is a clean train, you know this train Let's ride the train This train in on the way to glory, this train Yeahhh, this train is on the way to glory, ooh, this train You know this train is on the way to glory, everybody ridin' her, they got to be holy-holy This train is a clean train, this train...