gonna get me a religion i m gonna join the baprist church i m gonna get me a religion i m gonna join the baprist church that s right gonna be a baptist preacher so that i won t have to work well i ll be in the pulpit jumpin up and down yeah i ll be in the pulpit jumpin up and down well i ll be hollerin good news for miles around my sister jumped up she began to grin yeah she did my sister jumpted up and she began to grin she said good lord have mercy please forgive me for my sins forgive me now please please please now we re gonna lift me up yes we re gonna lift me up tell me do you feel it tell me do you feel alright gonna get me a religion i m gonna join the baprist church that s right yeah i m gonna get me a religion i m gonna join the baprist church i m gonna preach all day so i don t have to work preach all day so i don t have to work gonna preach all day so i don t work preach all day so i don t no preach all day so i don t have to work no more work no more work no more work no more i ain t gonna work no more 