Dr. Johnnie B. Goode Lyrics

1. Down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
   Back up in the hills where the trees stay green
   Stands a little house made of earth and wood
   Where lived a preacher man named Johnnie B. Goode
   Yeah, he learned to read and write so well
   He can preach you a sermon that’ll save you from hell!
   
   (Chorus)
   
   Go, Go Johnnie, Go
   Go, Go Johnnie, Go
   Go, Go, Go Johnnie, Go
   Go, Go, Go, Johnnie, Go
   Go, Go, Dr. Johnnie B. Goode
   
   
2. He carries his computer in a little bag
   He sits beneath the trees by the railroad track
   Writing them sermons all day and night
   He knows God wants him to tell it right
   People stop by just to watch him pray
   Saying, "Listen to what that preacher say!"
   
   
3. His mamma told him, "Someday you’ll be a preacher man,
   You will be a preachin’ all across the land
   Many people coming from all around
   To hear you putting Jesus in that Gospel sound
   Maybe someday your name will be in lights
   Saying, ’Johnnie’s preaching tonight!’" Whoa, whoa!
   
   
Words adapted by Timothy Biggs
Offertory, Sunday, May 25, 2008
Springfield First Church of the Nazarene
Original by Chuck Berry

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