Somethin' Takes Over Me

There's joy in the Lord

That every sinner can afford

Unless you're livin' as a christian

You don't know the joy you're missing

And you'll wonder

How you could ever be bored

It's true as can be

Because it's happenin' to me

I'm gonna tell my story to you

'Cause I know that when I'm through

You're surely bound to see it

The way that I see

'Cause sometimes when I kneel to pray

And let the spirit have his way

Chorus 1:

Somethin' takes over

Somethin' takes over my soul

And soon I get to reelin'

'Cause of all the joy I'm feelin'

Till I'm very nearly out of control

Just like the rollin'

Of the waters of the mighty sea

When I'm connected to the spirit

Heavenly Father's sure to hear it

'Cause somethin' takes over me

It's hard to contain

A joy that words just can't explain

Unless they know the reason for it

All your friends will just ignore it

For it seems you're going a little insane

But don't you forget

He isn't finished with you yet

We have His spirit now to teach us

For He said He'd always keep us all

And that's a promise on which you can bet

For He's renewing your mind

And when you praise Him you will find

Chorus 2:

Somethin' takes over

Somethin' takes over my soul

And soon you get to reelin'

'Cause of all the joy your feelin'

Till you're very nearly out of control

Just like the rollin'

Of the waters of the mightly sea

When you're connected to the spirit

Heavenly father's sure to hear it

'Cause somethin' takes over me

I get to dancin'

When the spirit starts movin' my feet

I can't help singin' when we're swingin'

With the angels to a heavenly beat (well, well)

And then the neighbors pull theirs shutters down

And start to ring me on the line

I say, "I'll beg your pardon, please

If I'm disturbin' the peace

But then the fault's not really mine"

It's just that

Repeat Chorus 1

Well, it was just the other morning

While I was prayin'

I was praisin' the Lord

Thankin' Him for everything that He's done

And all that He means to me

I got to thinkin' really deep

And it occurred to me

That all I really wanted was more of Him

Just to be closer

No sir

I couldn't sit there anymore

You know I had to get up

On the roof of the house

Raisin' my hands and shoutin'

"Lord, take me higher!

Higher! Higher!"

I guess the neighbors

Must have misunderstood my intentions

You could say I got carried away

'Cause they thought I was shoutin "Fire"

Like the house was burning down

And I was about to be D.O.A.

(What a laugh!)

They called the hook-and-ladder truck

A policeman and the ambulance too

And everybody's running around on the lawn

But nobody knows what to do

And all this time I'm standin' there

On the roof of the house

With my hands in the air

Havin' a wonderful time with the Lord

(I told you christians rarely get bored)

But before too long they figured out

There's no spark or flame

To be worried about

And then they all got pretty steamed

And as they're about to do their worst to me

I saw a golden opportunity

And from my high and lofty perch

I preached a sermon like it was church

And when I was finished they forgave me for

The crazy way that I raved

Now I know that all things work for good

'Cause they all ended up gettin' saved

Repeat Chorus

Somethin' takes over me