The Lemonade Song

Jim came walkin' down the road

Singin' songs and hummin' on hymn tunes

Though he'd never set foot in a church on Sunday morning

The smile on his face looked kinda outta place

Considerin' the looks of his shirt and shoes

Made me wonder what kept him going

Spent most of his lonely young days

Working' downtown in the sawmill

And a childhood is somethin' he's never known

All the extra time he had on his mind

Every now and then his heart would spill

And he'd start singin' all the way home

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And he'd sing I, I don't know much

But I know a Love

And one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair

Sippin' lemonade, love lives there

Round 'bout that time the bells chimed

And the church doors flew open

And a whole herd of saints came runnin' along Jim's way

Talkin' 'bout salvation, hope and love

And everything else they didn't know about

And when they saw Jim all of that changed

Now it takes a special kind of man

To avoid a confrontation

And everywhere Jimmy looked he had nowhere to go

They started throwin' out names,

Throwin' punches, and throwin' laughter

And when they were through, blood was drippin' from his nose

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And he sang I, I've heard about blood

I think it stands for Love

And one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair

Sippin' lemonade, loves lives there

Now Jim knew what he had inside of him

And wouldn't hear nothin' different

The moral to the story is he just keeps on keepin' on

Now he ain't whitewashed,

You won't find him on the corner prayin'

He just knows his Love and knows his song

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And he sings I, I got all I want

'Cause I've got my love

And one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair

Sippin' lemonade, love lives there

Yeah, one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair

Sippin' lemonade, love lives there

Yeah, one day I'll be sittin' up in heaven on an easy chair

Sippin' lemonade, love lives there