This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Hang on the mistletoe I'm gonna get to know you better This Christmas And as we trim the tree How much fun it's gonna be together This Christmas Fireside blazing bright And we're caroling through the night And this Christmas will be A very special Christmas for me, yeah Presents and cards are here My world is filled with cheer and you This Christmas And as I look around Your eyes outshine the town, they do This Christmas Fireside's blazing bright And we're caroling through the night And this Christmas will be A very special Christmas for me, yeah It's going to be a special Christmas for me Fireside's blazing bright And we're caroling through the night And this Christmas will be A very special Christmas for me It's gonna be a special Christmas Only if you're here Oh, oh, oh Merry Christmas, baby Come on, come on now It's gonna be a special Christmas Shake your head, shake your head It's gonna be a special Christmas me

I hope you find what you're lookin for when it all comes runnin down I hope you find it painted black on your window, or the lips of your lovers frown Cuz if it dies in cold, when the clouds start to roll. Is it then that your soul, starts to bleed? Have you ever seen the President who killed your wounded child? Or the man that crashed your sisters plane claimin he was sent of god? And when she died in your arms, late that night in the dark, Did you pray to your God to come home? Cuz it ain't fair to say, that these tracks are the same. Chorus: So god if you can hear me crash this train Said god if you can hear me crash this train. Now a note to the President, and the Government, and the judges of this place. We're still waitin for you to bring our troops home, clean up that mess you made. Cuz it smells of blood and money across the Iraqi land. But its so easy here to blind us with your "United We Stand" And it ain't hard to see that this Country ain't free. Chorus: So god if you can hear me crash this train Said god if you can hear me crash this train. To the mothers and the fathers who done the best they could. Raisin youngins in a messed up world, it ain't so understood. So I'll cover my ears, and my eyes, pretend that loves the same. Cuz with one courts signature, it all becomes erased. And it ain't hard to tell, When its love we sell. Chorus: So god if you can hear me, crash this train Said god if you can hear me crash this train. God if you can hear me crash this train. I said God if you can hear me crash this train.

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...

No I'm not colorblind I know the world is black and white Try to keep an open mind but I just can't sleep on this tonight Stop this train I wanna get off And go home again I can't take the speed It's movin' in I know I can't But honestly Won't someone stop this train? Don't know how else to say it Don't wanna see my parents go One generation's length away From fighting life out on my own Stop this train I wanna get off And go home again I can't take the speed It's movin' in I know I can't But honestly Won't someone stop this train? So scared of getting older I'm only good at being young So I play the numbers game To find a way to say that Life has just begun Had a talk with my old man Said, "Help me understand" He said, "Turn 68" "You renegotiate" "Don't stop this train" "Don't for a minute change" "The place you're in" "And don't think I couldn't" "Ever understand" "I tried my hand" "John, honestly" "We'll never stop this train." Once in a while When its good It'll feel like it should And they're all still around And you're still safe and sound And you don't miss a thing Till you cry when you're drivin' away in the dark Singing Stop this train I wanna get off And go home again I can't take the speed It's movin in I know I can't 'Cause now I see I'll never stop this train

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...

Shout, sister shout, Shout, sister shout Shout, sister shout, Tell the whole world what it's all about Now listen everybody to the precious words I'm gonna do some chirping And I ain't no bird There's a reason for living A reason for dying A darned good reason why a woman starts crying A reason for a mole, A reason for a dimple But there ain't no reason why a man's so simple (Shout, sister shout) Yeah! (Shout, sister shout) I'm tellin' you (Shout, sister shout) Yeah! (Tell the whole world what it's all about) There's a way to be brilliant A way to be a fool A way to get to heaven Observe the golden rule A way to get a sweetheart, A way to get a wife But the day you quit me brother That's the day you lose your life (Shout, sister shout) Yeah! (Shout, sister shout) oh boy! (Shout, sister shout) Yeah! (Tell the whole world what it's all about) There's a reason for a mountain, A reason for a hill A reason why a doctor Gives a patient a pill A reason to stand A reason to sing But there ain't no reason Why a man can't swing (Orchestral Break) (Male Voice) I can understand the birds And I can understand the bees Sister, I can even understand Why a rat eats cheese (Tharpe) I can understand my dog (Male) And I can understand your cat (Tharpe) Well fill me full o' rhythm Can you understand that (Male) I gotcha covered sister (Shout, sister shout) hallelujah! (Shout, sister shout) hallelujah! (Shout, sister shout) hallelujah! (Tell the whole world what it's all about) (Tharpe) I'm gonna shoooo-ut I'm gonna shoooo-ut I'm gonna shout it out And tell the world what it's all about.