had my suitcase packed for a trip to hell when the lord played a song on an old church bell the devil just stood there tapping his toes singing hurry up girl we gotta go did you pack your evil ways and all your wilder days you spent your money on saving your sins there s a checkered little past i kept em all in and when your interest multiplies everything good in you dies but i never knew a god but the one on high never had a picture of jesus christ only thing i ever really took in vain was a sunday drive in the restful rain honored momma s words and daddy s hands never hurt anybody never wore a wedding band might ve stole a kiss but i never told a lie and all i ever wanted was a real good time song he played was a hymn i d heard from the backsider pew in a nazarene church when that devil was a ready to go i said one minute boy don t you know i packed my evil ways underneath my wilder days and i spent my money on saving my sins there s a checkered little past you kept em all in but when my interest multiplies well i live myself one hell of a lie and i never knew a god but the one on high never had a picture of jesus christ only thing i ever really took in vain was a sunday drive in the restful rain honored momma s words and daddy s hands never hurt anybody never wore a wedding band might ve stole a kiss but i never told a lie and all i ever wanted was a real good time hmmm hmmm and blessed is she that believed for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the lord and mary said my soul doth magnify the lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in god my saviour and his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation  no preacher man ever rang clear as the bells that the lord played the day i didn t go to hell hmmmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm