Even the devil was an angel before he tried to rush the throne
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Lord, they threw him down in hell there all alone
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and now he builds a castle out of the sinners' bones
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You'd be angry too if you could never go home
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Well now, I ain't no preacher, no preacher man's son
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I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
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A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
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Well I say, the good Lord helps those that help themselves
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So help yourselves now
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Old man Nicodemus could not make his heart believe
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He could see that Jesus had some tricks up his sleeve
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Said now, Oh man, Jesus I can't do things your way
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But I can see you work with somebody big, so I'm backing your play
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Old man Nicodemus, his pockets they were deep
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But on the day the Romans decided to put Jesus to sleep
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Jesus could not care for money now or any such thing
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Old Nicodemus paid to have Jesus just buried like a king
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Well now, I ain't no preacher, no preacher man's son
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I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
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A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
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Well I say, the good Lord helps those that help themselves
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So help yourselves now
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Our father art in heaven hallowed be thy name
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Told Noah "build a boat" on the driest of days
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And everybody in the neighborhood said old Noah was insane
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I guess when the waters receded now, the truth was plain
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Well now, I ain't no preacher, no preacher man's son
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I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
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A thousand ways to heaven, a thousand ways to hell
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Well I say, the good Lord helps those that help themselves
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So help yourselves now
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Moses was a great man, parted the waters of the Red Sea
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Down the road to Egypt, he made sure the slaves were free
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Well he could speak to God, so they say, yes indeed
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Well the noise of his voice would have made our poor ears bleed
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Moses, he had an army I tell you all his own
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They stood in circles outside his very home
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and when the the Pharaohs got to killing they left old moses alone
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but the Romans drove their nails through old Jesus' bones
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Well now, I ain't no preacher, no preacher man's son
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I done some bad things but I like to have my fun
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Why they got Jesus now and not Moses, who can tell?
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But they do say, the good Lord helps those that help themselves
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So help yourselves now
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Help Yourself
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The Devil Makes Three |