People Get Ready

Mel O'Joe

by Curtis Mayfield

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People get	ready, there's a	train a	coming;

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you d	on't need no	baggage, you just	get on	board

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A	ll you need is	faith to hear the	diesels	humming;

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do	n't need no	ticket, you just	thank the	Lord

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People get	ready for the	train to	Jordan;

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it's p	icking up	passengers from	coast to	coast

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Fa	ith is the	key, open the	doors and	board 'em;

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there's h	ope for all a	mong those	loved the	most.

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There ain't no	room for the	hopeless	sinner;

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who w	ould hurt	all mankind just to	save his	own

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Have p	ity on	those whose	chances grow	thinner;

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for th	hiding place against the	Kingdom's	throne

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So,	people get	ready, there's a	train a	coming;

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you d	on't need no	baggage, you just	get on	board

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A	ll you need is	faith to hear the	diesels	humming;

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d	on't need no	ticket, you just	thank the	Lord

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You d	on't need no	ticket, you just	thank the	Lord

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