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There's an old country church with a white picket fence that sits on the outskirts of town

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windows are gone and the grass is a field and that fence is mostly fallen down

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but there once was a time when rafters did ring as the saints gave praise to the Lord

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I remember as a child I felt safe and warm in that little white church on Sunday morn

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the family moved away and we went to a city school that taught us religion was for fools

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the teacher said that man evolved over time and these were the scientific rules

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my belief was shaken and I turned from the Lord and I lived like I wanted selfishly

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pretty soon I was livin' in a man created hell with no hope for all eternity

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after many long years my heart in much despair i cried out "Jesus set me free"

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now I walk with him till the end of this age and his kingdom becomes reality

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they blaspheme Jesus on Saturday night TV drugs filth porn and lust are everywhere

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satanic cults still murder and rape and voodoo rhythms fill the air

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As I watch the one world gov't start to take shape and the one world church fix her hair

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I remember this land when righteousness was king and goodness ruled and not despair

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now I'm standing here by an old country church that sits on the outskirts of town

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windows are gone and the grass is a field and that fence is mostly fallen down

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but there once was a time when rafters did ring as saints gave praise to the Lord

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I thank God as a child I learned about the Lord in that little white church on Sunday morn

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that little white church on Sunday morn

John Hager Music BMI 2004