Pray For The Lights To Go Out-Phil Harris

[ti:Pray For The Lights To Go Out] [ar:Phil Harris] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pray For The Lights To Go Out - Phil Harris [00:11.79]Father was the Deacon in the hard shell church [00:14.03]Way down south where I was born [00:15.90] [00:16.67]Why the people used to come to [00:18.24]Church from miles around [00:19.30]Just to hear the holy word go on [00:21.09] [00:22.38]Father grabbed the sister [00:23.38]Around the neck and says [00:24.58]Sister won't you sing this song [00:26.44] [00:27.20]The sister tells the deacon [00:28.63]That she didn't have time; [00:29.95]Felt religion coming on [00:31.87] [00:32.58]Just the somebody got up [00:33.89]Turned the lighs all out [00:35.12]And you ought to heard [00:36.37]The sister shout [00:36.97] [00:37.76]She hollered brother [00:38.67] [00:39.20]If you want to spread joy [00:40.55]Just pray for the lights [00:41.79]To stay out [00:42.35] [00:43.12]She called on Deacon [00:44.54]For to kneel and pray [00:45.91]You ought to hear [00:46.93]The sister shout [00:47.61] [00:48.40]Throwed up both hands [00:49.89]And got way back; [00:51.11]Took two steps forward [00:52.49]And balled the jack [00:53.81]She hollered brother [00:55.05]If you wanna spread joy [00:56.57]Pray for the lights to stay out [00:58.39] [01:20.95]Father tried to quieten down [01:22.13]His loving flock; [01:23.08]Called on all the Saints above; [01:24.99] [01:25.98]All that he could hear down [01:27.38]There in the dark [01:28.32]Were honey turtle dove [01:29.91] [01:31.42]Deacon grabbed his Bible firmly [01:32.77]In his hand [01:33.60]And prayed to be showed [01:34.55]Wrong from right [01:35.38] [01:36.37]Just then the Deacon's prayers [01:37.64]Were answered from above [01:38.89]Someone got up [01:39.65]And turned on the lights [01:40.65] [01:41.46]He felt himself a slipping [01:42.82]Grabbed the first girl near [01:44.03]And she sings this song in his ear [01:45.94] [01:46.67]She hollered brother now [01:48.19]If you wanna spread joy [01:49.42]Just pray for the lights to go out [01:51.20] [01:51.94]She called on Deacon [01:53.41]For to kneel and pray [01:54.68]You oughta heard [01:55.74]That sister shout [01:56.52] [01:57.19]Throwed up both hands [01:58.61]And got way back [01:59.88]Took two steps [02:01.29]And balled the jack [02:02.63]She hollered brother [02:03.72]If you wanna spread joy [02:05.31]Just pray for the lights to go out [02:07.16] [02:07.90]Throwed up both hands [02:09.33]And got way back [02:10.67]Took two steps forward [02:11.99]And said send me Jack [02:13.35]She hollered brother [02:14.65]If you wanna spread joy [02:16.07]Just pray for the lights [02:17.90] [02:18.42]To stay out