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Stay on the Gospel Side

from Almost Home by Blind Boys of Alabama

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A long time ago, they put me on a train in Selma, Alabama
And I rode that train all the way to Talla...Talladega
My poppa said son, you better educate your mind
So he sent me away to a school for the blind.
I guess there were good times and I know there were bad
But I never blamed the Lord for the trouble I had

Oh I just stayed on the gospel side, stayed on the gospel side

There was a teacher there that soaked a rope in water overnight
And I was bound to get a whuppin’ if I did wrong or if I did right
I was lost sometimes but now I’m found
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound
One night on the radio I heard the Golden Gate Quartet
I started singing for the Lord, and I ain’t stopped singing yet

I stayed on the gospel side
I stayed on the gospel side
I’ve seen the sinners and the sanctified, but I stayed on the gospel side

Well my work is done and I’m finally going home to see my Maker
Nothing scares me in this world no more, not the devil or the undertaker
I’ll finally see my father’s face, hold my mother close and feel her grace

And I just stayed on the gospel side
I stayed on the gospel side
I’ve seen the sinner and the sanctified, but I stayed on the gospel side
I stayed on the gospel side
I’ve seen the sinner and the sanctified

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from Almost Home, released August 28, 2020

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The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 70 years. ... more

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