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Composer: Harold Leake

The Kingsmen - Excuses lyrics



Chorus (sung):
Excuses, excuses,
You'll hear them every day.
And the Devil he'll supply them,
If the church you stay away.
When people come to know the Lord,
The Devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church,
He offers them excuses.

(spoken)
In the summer it's too hot.
And, in the winter, it's too cold.
In the spring time when the weather's just right, you find some place else to go.
Well, it's up to the mountains or down to the beach or to visit some old friend.
Or, to just stay home and kinda relax and hope that some of the kin folks will start dropping in.

Well, the church benches are too hard.
And, that choir sings way too loud.
Boy, you know how nervous you get
When you're sitting in a great big crowd.
The doctor told you, "Now, you better watch them crowds. They'll set you back."
But, you go to that old ball game because you say "it helps you to relax."

Well, a headache Sunday morning
And a backache Sunday night.
But by worktime Monday morning,
Why you're feeling quite alright.
While one of the children has a cold, "Pneumonia, do you suppose?"
Why the whole family had to stay home,
Just to blow that poor kid's nose.

Repeat Chorus (sung)
Excuses, excuses,
Well, you'll hear them every day.
And the Devil he'll supply them
If the church you stay away.
When people come to know the Lord,
The Devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church,
He offers them excuses.

(spoken)
Well, the preacher he's too young.
And, maybe he's too old.
The sermons they're not hard enough.
And, maybe they're too bold.
His voice is much too quiet-like.
Sometimes he gets too loud.
He needs to have more dignity.
Or, else he's way too proud.

Well, the sermons they're too long.
And, maybe they're too short.
He ought to preach the word with dignity Instead of "stomp and snort."
Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man."
Well, one of the lady's told me the other day, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand."

Repeat Chorus (sung):
Excuses, excuses,
You'll hear them every day.
And the Devil he'll supply them
If the church you stay away.
When people come to know the Lord,
The Devil always loses
So to keep them folks away from church,
He offers them excuses.
So to keep them folks away from church,
He offers them excuses.
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