Karaoke Track: Three Nails (With Background Vocals) by Jimmie Davis (Harris Studios) - Karaoke Nerds

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THE BLOOD

THAT WASHED MY SINS
AWAY

(SPOKEN)
THIS IS A STORY OF LONG AGO.
OF A MAN WHO OWNED
A LITTLE STORE.

AND I WAS MIGHTY PROUD
TO HAVE MY NAME
UP OVER THE DOOR.

THIS WAS SOME
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO
AS I RECALL
LOCATED IN JERUSALEM
ACROSS THE STREET
FROM PILATE'S HALL.

I HAD EVERYTHING
I THOUGHT
I'D EVER NEED AND
FOLKS'D COME
FROM MILES AROUND
REGARDLESS
OF THEIR CREED.

THE ONLY THING I HAD
I DIDN'T THINK I COULD EVER
SELL WAS IN A CORNER
ON A SHELF,
THREE OLD RUSTY
SPIKE NAILS.

AND THEN ONE DAY
A BIG ROMAN SOLDIER
CAME THROUGH THE DOOR.
HE WALKED UP TO ME
AND IT SEEMED
HE SHOOK THE FLOOR.

CAN I HELP YOU SIR?
I SAID WITH A VOICE

I GUESS SEEMED FRAIL.
HE LOOKED AT ME

WITH A SNEERING GRIN,
SAID I WANNA BUY

SOME BIG, BIG NAILS.

THREE OLD RUSTY SPIKES
IS ALL I HAVE SIR.

HE SAID FOR ME THAT'LL DO.
FOR THE JOB I HAVE,
THREE'S ENOUGH.

HOW MUCH DO I OWE YOU?

HE PLACED SOME MONEY
IN MY HAND AND
IWAS GLAD TO MAKE THE SALE.
THEN I WONDERED
AND I ASKED HIM.
I SAID SIR WHAT CAN YOU DO
WITH JUST THREE NAILS?

HE SAID DID YOU EVER
HEAR OF A MAN CALLED
JESUS, THE NAZARENE?
YOU MEAN THE ONE
WHO GOES ABOUT
DOIN' GOOD?

HE SAID
YES THAT'S THE MAN
HE SAID WELL TODAY
I INTEND TO
SHOW THE WORLD
THAT I'M BOSS.

FOR WITH THESE THREE
OLD RUSTY SPIKES
I'M GONNA NAIL JESUS
TO THE CROSS.
I STOOD THERE ALMOST NUMB.
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW
HOW I FELT.

I SAID PLEASE SIR,
DON'T DO THAT

AS DOWN ON MY KNEES
I KNELT.

HE JUST TURNED
AND WALKED AWAY AND I GOT UP
AND FOLLOWED HIM.
I SAID PLEASE SIR,
I'LL BUY THEM BACK.
BUT HE JUST LOOKED AT ME
AND GRINNED.

BUT
ACROSS THE DISTANCE
I COULD SEE
THE HOWLING MOB
THROUGH THE TEARS
THAT FILLED MY EYES.

AWAY WITH HIM!
CRUCIFY HIM!
I COULD HEAR
THEIR ANGRY CRIES.
AND OVER ALL THE GROANS
AND THE PAINS 0F AGONY

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(SING)
WITH THREE RUSTY NAILS
THEY NAILED JESUS
TO THE TREE
THE sun TURNED T0 DARKNESS
ON THAT DAY

T'WAS THE DAY
THAT JESUS DIED
AND THE BLOOD

FLOWED FROM HIS SIDE
THE BLOOD
THAT WASHED MY SINS
AWAY

Title: Three Nails (With Background Vocals)
Artist: Jimmie Davis
Brand: Harris Studios
Code: VHG50-14