[Also sometimes listed as "Country Church, Country People" and first released on the LP THE STORY OF THE TUNE (also on the Swedish DOWN UNDER (BUT NOT OUT) LP); here it has some additional overdubs]
Last Sunday there was preaching
We all went out to hear
The little church was crowded
The rich and poor were there
It was a splendid sermon
The singing full and free
COUNTRY CHURCH, COUNTRY PEOPLE
WITH THEIR EYES UPON THE LORD
BUILT A CHURCH WITH A STEEPLE
AS A PLACE TO HEAR HIS WORD
YOU CAN LIVE AND DIE IN THE SAME SMALL TOWN
BUT THE LORD SPREADS HIS LOVE ALL AROUND
The choir was dressed in glory
Their voices dressed in love
The music told the story
Of God who sent His Son
How Jesus came from Heaven
To set the sinner free
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
The choir was finished singing
And the congregation stood
While the Spirit touched and filled them
With power, love, and good
From God who reigns in Heaven
Always watching every man
And guiding all his children
With his kind protecting hand
