Fight on, your time ain't long
Fight on, your time ain't long
Fight on, your time ain't long
You know your time ain't long
Done been down, I been told
I've been to church and I've been baptized
Stepped at the water, the water was cold
It chilled my body but it never chilled my soul
Fight on, your time ain't long
Fight on, your time ain't long
Fight on, your time ain't long
Mourner, your time ain't long
When my misery ended, here below
Climb up Mt. Sinai, just to Heaven I'll go
I'll try on my robes, (try to 'scape the world we seen)
The elders is cryin' them in
You've got to fight on, your time ain't long
Fight on, your time ain't long
Fight on, your time ain't long
You know your time ain't long
Then I done been down, I done been tried
I been to the church and I been baptized
I stepped at the water, the water was cold
It chilled my body, but it never chilled my soul
Fight on, your time ain't long
Fight on, your time ain't long
Fight on, your time ain't long
Oh, you know your time ain't long
When my work is ended, here below
When my war is ended, up to Heaven I'll go
I'll try on my robes, try to (that will be seen)
The elders is cryin' them in
